Written by Chuck Snyder
As featured on page 37 in the August 2012 issue of Model Aviation.
As featured in the Model Aviation tablet app.
I suspect most modelers have their first experience with retractable landing gear in some form of sport or aerobatic model. In my case it was probably with one of the 1970s vintage Pattern airplanes such as a Kaos or Dirty Birdy.
The installation was straightforward: mount the main gear retract unit perpendicular to the centerline of the model and parallel to the lower surface of the wing. The nose gear (and this is the last time I’ll…
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