Written by Jim Hiller
RC Jets
Column
As seen in the September 2017 issue of Model Aviation.
A trend in the jet community is the use of electric retractable landing gear instead of the popular air retract systems. I have been flying pneumatic landing gear and understand the issues unique to this equipment and how to deal with its problems.
I have had reliable landing gear systems. The failures I experienced centered around the nose gear either hanging up on the steering cables or on the nose gear door. Failures related to the air system are rare.
I am converting my Xtreme A…
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