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ORIGINAL: Oberst

I have the .60-120 E-flight Electric Retracts and they are very well made and worth every penny. I put a servo retarder on one of the retract connections and it delays the function. Now it functions like the German WWII type of retract. The retracts is good for up to a 15lb aircraft, and you can also put working struts on them.


Pete

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ORIGINAL: christophe31

hi , guy's just a few words from France,
someone's know me, i'm the general manager of Lado, and i can tell you that we're now in stock all time, only few days some products are unable,
and since now one year , you cannot seen anywhere that we haven't supplied what modelers have paid for.... is the French Touch!!!! lol.


we can now retract legs in about 3sec, and have also an high torque design, witch one lift 450g of wheels on 25cm legs without problem, see my youtube channel for:channel LADO

you can supply them with your receiver or up to 2s lipos.

all our cases are cnc cutting with high precision machining in aeronautical industry aluminium this allow you the best choice ever.

we have complete set(RS333/RS999/ RS999XL/RS999XXL)( the last two coming in september fro heavier plane) and available in many angles 74°/77°/85°/90°/95°/100° and i can do some offset angle like on the picture to fit in Ziroli warbirds.
our production can now handle plane from 1kg to 30kg.....

we working now on some very pleasant solution like Door actuators( available in end september) and other good things.... but it's an secret....!!!
and of course i'm on many forum to answer to the modeler's in UK/ AUSTRALIA/ FRANCE/ GERMANY/ITALY, and it takes me many times...

Hi Everyone,

I am the owner of WingSpan Retracts and I will be happy to answer any questions about our products.  WingSpan Retracts offers superior quality electric retracts with a far greater value than any of our competitors.

 All of our products have some very unique features, highlighted below are just a few of them.  

 1. Wide variety of strut sizes: Our standard electric retracts accept 1/2" diameter struts and through adapters can accept 5/32", 3/8" struts.  Our competitors inthis class only accept wire struts.

 2. Smart Sense Technology: Our electric retracts can detect the position state they are in at boot up, so you willnever have to fear a gear collapse if your radiois inadvertently turn on with the gear switch in the up position.

 3. Independently Reversible: Each electric retract unit can be independently reversed from each other or from the radio state.  For most configurations this is not needed but for those that doit is built right in to our product.  So there is no need fo rseparate reverse electronics to get the perfect configuration.

 4. Built-in Delay:  Again all of our electric retracts have the capability to delay the retract sequence built right in to each retract. There is no need to purchase a separate sequencing controller to achieve scale like appearance seen in many WWII planes.  Our standard retracts and actuators feature a  4 second delay and our rotating and future tailwheel retracts will feature a 2 second delay.  

 5. Vibration & Shock Isolated Micro PCB: Unlike our competitors our controllers are completely enclosed to prevent any possible damage to the sensitive electronics.  They are also not hard mounted so they are shock & vibration isolated from the housings to extend the life and reliability of the electronics.

 6. Over Current Protection: Most electric retracts have a single over current protection scheme in the form of current sensing but only WingSpan Retracts provides two over current protection schemes for enhanced reliability.  Our primary scheme is current sensing but in addition to this we have a secondary scheme that times out after a predetermined interval.

 7. Scale Like Speed: One of the biggest complaints with air retracts is that they are too fast, that they slam up and down.  So our electric retracts were primarily designed to achieve scale like retracts speeds for WWII planes.  While the speed can be varied somewhat by voltage we realize that not everyone wants or needs the scale like speed so we will also have faster retract cycle available as an option in the weeks to come.  

 8. VALUE:  Besides these great features listed above I believe our best feature is our price.  We offer a more feature rich high quality product at a lower price than our competitors.  Plus with free shipping within the US and low cost shipping to the rest of the world WingSpan Retracts can save you more money.  On top of that we back our products with the best customer support and a 30 Day Money Back Guarantee with a 1 Year Warranty.

 9. Availability: Another huge complaint with many other electric retracts companies has been availability.  Either they're never in stock or you place an order and have to wait sometimes months before they ship.  That is not the case with WingSpan Retracts, once our products are released they are available in quantity so you won't have to wait for them to come back in to stock or wait months to be delivered.

I believe we have the best electric retracts on the market and want the world to know, so look for our ads in many popular publications in the coming months.  Look for big things to come as we continue to develop new feature rich products. 

If you have any questions feel free to email sales@wingspanretracts.com, callme at 678-733-5403 or I can answer them here.  

Michael

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ORIGINAL: JurassicJet

Micheal:

I had talked to you a month or so ago about utilizing your retracts in my JHH Kfir build.  You mentioned that the retract speed was too slow for a jet but were working on a version with a retract speed of 6 seconds or so.  I was wondering if you were still working on that or how it was coming along?

Also, for anyone that has purchased Wingspan retracts...... how are they working??

Thanks

Neil

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ORIGINAL: WSRetracts

Hi,

The rotating retracts will probably go on sale this weekend 9/25/11 with delivery starting middle to late next week depending on the number of orders recieved.  I also just got news that the components for the faster cycle retracts should ship tomorrow or Monday so those to should also go on sale at the same time.

Michael
WingSpan Retracts

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ORIGINAL: Oberst

I have the .60-120 E-flight Electric Retracts and they are very well made and worth every penny. I put a servo retarder on one of the retract connections and it delays the function. Now it functions like the German WWII type of retract. The retracts is good for up to a 15lb aircraft, and you can also put working struts on them.


Pete

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ORIGINAL: Toggle

yes,,,  they convert them,,     (they convert them or you can convert them yourself)
I have Sierra retracts im having converted for a 102'' wing span P-47 Thunderbolt from Century Jet Models,
and im getting the Robart retracts for a Topflite Giant P-40,
I will use Robart tail wheel retract also.
I will save this thread and stay subscribed, and when I have the retracts in the airplane,
I will take some pictures amd also add a video to You Tube. 
But,,, you will have to wait until the winter months, as I fly in summer and build in winter. (snows here in MN)

LADO offers both, full set of retracts, and conversions, and I was just about ready to go with them, but they never seemed to have products in stock, and I also read on RCU forums and a couple other websites forums about people waiting months to get stuff after they paid, and even sending there gear out to get converted and having time issues,,,, I dont like to be negative or post negative info if at all possible, but i always do research on companies im not familiar with or that are new, and that is what i found,,, Im ''guessing'' it was because they were new and small company, and you know how things go in this world,,,
people will always elaborate and complain about problems, but usually never bother to take time and tell you about how good something was because they expect it.
With that said, I am not trying to bad mouth LADO, im just passing along info i found.  

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ORIGINAL: JurassicJet

Michael....

that price of $224 seems to be  lower than the combo package on your website....  but I do realize that the combo is for a tailwheel.   I can't even find the single nosewheel selection on your website.  Also, under the combo section the description is all screwed up.... looks like a bunch of jibberish.    Soooo.... is it really $224 for a set of 3 standard (high speed) retracts?  

Neil

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ORIGINAL: JurassicJet

What did you use to run the inner gear doors Ram?

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ORIGINAL: prop wash

I have a H9 P47 GS that is about 17 lbs and HATE the retracts that came with it.The JR 791 servo's are very strong but they don't hold up.They work fine on the ground but strip a gear for no reason.I was wondering if any one of these companies can retro fit or have a set that will drop in??Tom