I have an old original TF Corsair that I wanted to finish this winter. I am stuck as it has Air retracts and they don't really work, or at least I am not sure how they work. I was thinking of going with HK or Eflite retracts, does anyone have any details of what size or what would work? Corsair have the same system as a P40 where they rotate closed.
I am not going for a scale monster, just a fun plane.
found a couple of options:
http://www.lado-tech.net/en/15-f4u-corsair (http://www.lado-tech.net/en/15-f4u-corsair)
http://www.wingspanretracts.com/LGR630T (http://www.wingspanretracts.com/LGR630T)
got a spare kidney to sell ;)
A pilot at the Kingston Funfly had a unique solution. He fitted two dummy fuel tanks complete with landing gear built in. The net result was a fixed gear Corsair with wheels virtually invisible in the air and no needless expense or complication.
Glenn
That was Phil Soden. I remember him from the EMFSO, 1995. Anyway, the plane looked great and took-off and landed very nicely, but did look strange while on the ground. ;D