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ORIGINAL: DavidR

Wayno

Nothing rotates on the F-4 nose gear. There should be a little piece of flat aluminum stock that mounts to the side of the retract unit. There is a collar on the nose gear leg that the fake cylinder bolts to then you bolt the other end to the flat stock.....or just leave the da mn thing off! It does look cool but the nose gear is a very tight fit in the gear well. If you have the inflating strut you have to make sure the strut is extended and stays extended or you will have problems. You'll love the plane, it flies great and is still the premium F-FO out there, thinking I might knock the dust off mine, jam an engine back in it and fly it this summer.

DR

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ORIGINAL: WhoDaMan

Hi Dave good to see you back on here, can you explain how to set it up to raise the nose on the radio, any secrets

Dave

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ORIGINAL: DavidR

Wayno

Nothing rotates on the F-4 nose gear. There should be a little piece of flat aluminum stock that mounts to the side of the retract unit. There is a collar on the nose gear leg that the fake cylinder bolts to then you bolt the other end to the flat stock.....or just leave the da mn thing off! It does look cool but the nose gear is a very tight fit in the gear well. If you have the inflating strut you have to make sure the strut is extended and stays extended or you will have problems. You'll love the plane, it flies great and is still the premium F-FO out there, thinking I might knock the dust off mine, jam an engine back in it and fly it this summer.

DR

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ORIGINAL: f106jax

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ORIGINAL: WhoDaMan

Hi Dave good to see you back on here, can you explain how to set it up to raise the nose on the radio, any secrets

Dave

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ORIGINAL: DavidR

Wayno

Nothing rotates on the F-4 nose gear. There should be a little piece of flat aluminum stock that mounts to the side of the retract unit. There is a collar on the nose gear leg that the fake cylinder bolts to then you bolt the other end to the flat stock.....or just leave the da mn thing off! It does look cool but the nose gear is a very tight fit in the gear well. If you have the inflating strut you have to make sure the strut is extended and stays extended or you will have problems. You'll love the plane, it flies great and is still the premium F-FO out there, thinking I might knock the dust off mine, jam an engine back in it and fly it this summer.

DR

Dave,

I previously had an extendable nose strut on my BVM F-4 and currently have one on my Skymaster F-4. For both applications, I mix the strut air valve with the throttle. The nose strut extends when the throttle is at 60%. This permits taxiing with the strut collapsed. Looks cool when you're at the end of the runway, take off flaps down, brakes locked, and begin throttle up for takeoff, the strut extends, release the brakes and off you go. [:D]

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ORIGINAL: christrump

Are these struts still available somewhere for the BVM F-4? I would love to fit one to mine.

Chris

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ORIGINAL: Kelly Rohrbach

What I plan to do is put in a cross brace that may have a small flat surface at a shallow angle(like a ramp) so when the nose gear retracts the wheels have to be on the aft side of the cross brace to go into the well. That will make sure the strut is fully extended and will keep it extended during flight. Also if the strut is not extended after takeoff the wheels will hit the cross brace and not allow the strut scissors to damage the fuse or get stuck in the fuse when trying to drop the gear for landing. This will also be handy when working in the pit and you retract the gear but forget to extend the strut first.
Kelly

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ORIGINAL: DavidR

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ORIGINAL: Kelly Rohrbach

What I plan to do is put in a cross brace that may have a small flat surface at a shallow angle(like a ramp) so when the nose gear retracts the wheels have to be on the aft side of the cross brace to go into the well. That will make sure the strut is fully extended and will keep it extended during flight. Also if the strut is not extended after takeoff the wheels will hit the cross brace and not allow the strut scissors to damage the fuse or get stuck in the fuse when trying to drop the gear for landing. This will also be handy when working in the pit and you retract the gear but forget to extend the strut first.
Kelly

Kelly I have hundreds of flights on mine and never had a problem with it retracting in flight. I did a similar mix to what mike did so that taxiing the nose stayed down but when you throttled up the nose raised up. It is very important that you don't try to take off with it down, at least on the BVM F4 the low AOA will make for an interesting high speed taxi run that will never rotate......you can guess how I know this.....now y'all definitely have me wanting to knock the dust off mine.

Mike you remember hot laps at Superman with the F4's, it think that was the year mine flamed out on my gear pass! That's one airplane you always need an exit strategy with for sure. It definitely made me a better pilot.

DR

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ORIGINAL: WHMC

Anyone know how to install the drag link/cyl assy.? Does the mounting bar need to rotate or be stationary? The link assy seems to interfear with the nose door cyl/mount? Clueless in STL. Any info appreciated. Thanks whmc