I bit the bullet and ordered a set of Eurokit retracts ex Col Taylor in Oz. They cost me less than 300 bucks and arrived in four days flat. They even arrived with wheels fitted. Nice looking units - I`ll be interested to see how they perform......
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I do not think that Euro Kit retracts exist. I bought a set of robart 620 At-6 retracts, man are they a peice of workmanship. I realize I will have to make changes to the kit but I think it will be worth it. Hopefully I will post some pictures along the way. Nitro planes were useless and Euro Kit us was just as bad. Neither responded to my emails after you folks did all the work tracking down the retracts and the part numbers. They should be ashamed of themselves.
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Hi guys, sorry I haven,t got around to posting pics yet but here goes again. If I,m successful I will post a number of additional pics later tonight. thx Dave
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Darrell,
Not yet but I will post pictures when I start on the project. I am finishing a Goldberg Yak, the AT-6 is my next model. I have all the parts so I will start soon.
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Thanks Tony, I'm wanting to do one of these as well. I have the plane, and if your mods work well, I will add the Robart 620 retracts also. I look forward to your pics and progress. Good luck with the Yak. Darrell
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Okay now that I,ve figured out the pic posting here goes. As you can tell, I,ve only just started to remove material from one of the retracts mounts and will probably clear everything out down to the fiberglass and then fabricate new ribs and mounts from 1/4" ply. I,m still waiting for some Hysol to arrive before I get to that stage. The flying surfaces have been stripped of the stock covering and will eventually be glassed. As for the fuse I,ve sanded it down with a Scotch Brite pad and have primed it. I,ll post additional updates as I go along.
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I just ordered the Eurokit retracts. I sent an email with all my info to shop@eurokitlucca.it. I will let everyone know how it works out. They said that they are in the process of posting it to their online shop. Perhaps in the future there will be good support for the U.S.A. Gary
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I would have gone with the Eurokit retracts if there had been support at the time that I started the kit. But unfortunetly they were not readily available at the time. Doing all of the mods can be fun as well, besides you can also design in some extra support for a very high stress area. Can you post some pics of the Eurokit units when you get them as I would like to compare them with the Robart units. thx Dave
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This year I built the CMP Warhawk 140. I had to cut out the wings to make the retracts fit. It is a lot of work. There was a guy on this thread, (post#60 I believe) that convinced me to go for the Eurokit retracts. I think that the original ones had problems. Hopefully they will send me the good ones. They sent me a picture. I will upload it now. I hope it works. Gary P.S. I almost bought the Robarts. They look great.
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Boy do those look nice. I think for all of those guys looking for retracts for this kit the Eurokit version is a good deal as it comes with wheels retract valves and even festo fittings. Looks good. thx Dave
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