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    RE: Top-Flite T-34 - 7/16/2006 9:25:45 PM   
    silver wings


     

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    I'm old (75) and slow. Been working off and on for three years on my Top-Flite T-34 and it still has a way to go. Ex- Air force and learned to fly in this trainer. Can you help me locate a small dial air pressure gage for my retract gear system ? Thanks .

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    RE: Top-Flite T-34 - 7/16/2006 9:40:42 PM   
    teamscalepilot


     

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    Robart.com has one. not a gage but a stick that will work..

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    RE: Top-Flite T-34 - 7/16/2006 11:22:25 PM   
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    quote:

    ORIGINAL: silver wings

    I'm old (75) and slow. Been working off and on for three years on my Top-Flite T-34 and it still has a way to go. Ex- Air force and learned to fly in this trainer. Can you help me locate a small dial air pressure gage for my retract gear system ? Thanks .


    Try this - easy to install and read... my favorite kind of indicator

    http://www2.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin/wti0001p?&I=LXES13&P=7

    Cheers!

    Jim

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    RE: Top-Flite T-34 - 8/4/2006 1:39:17 AM   
    fliir



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    BTW - Jerry (the guy who started this thread) finished his T-34A on RCSB here:

    http://www.rcscalebuilder.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=627
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    David

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    RE: Top-Flite T-34 - 8/4/2006 1:51:55 AM   
    PT21Flyer



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    fliir,

    It's not quite finished yet. I was hoping to have flown it by now but other things keep getting in the way. I'd like to get it flown in time to take it to Huntsville, Alabama's Warbird meet a week from Saturday but don.t know if I'll make it or not.

    Jerry

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    RE: Top-Flite T-34 - 8/4/2006 9:09:56 PM   
    fliir



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    Covered in beautiful aluminum, sitting on it's own gear. That's close enough to finished for me

    David

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    RE: Top-Flite T-34 - 8/13/2006 5:28:22 PM   
    dieguinpt


     

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    Silver Wings. Bob Violett Models carries a nice dial pressure indicators for about 20 bucks. check it out BVMjets.com

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    RE: Top-Flite T-34 - 8/14/2006 11:49:27 AM   
    raknin


     

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    I am in process of installing my robart 630 BNZ retract landing gear in the main wing. My question is: Does the retract landing gear can be fold by hand without connecting the air kit. Do I need to do some special preparation with the retract landing gear before I install them. Thanx.

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    RE: Top-Flite T-34 - 8/14/2006 6:06:56 PM   
    PT21Flyer



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    They can be folded by hand if they aren't locked. I just last week got all my air system hooked up and cycled the gear. Before installing them I put a few drops of refrigeration oil in each cylinder.

    Jerry

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    RE: Top-Flite T-34 - 8/15/2006 6:53:53 AM   
    raknin


     

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    Jerry

    What you mean by saying that they are don't lock? If they lock how can I release them.

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    RE: Top-Flite T-34 - 8/15/2006 12:53:19 PM   
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    Take a good look at your retract mechanism. There is an up and a down lock position. The air piston moves the retract locking "pin" from one extreem to the other. At the extreems the retract locks. You can move that "pin" with a small screw driver if there is no air in the system. Once it's moved off the lock the gear leg can be moved up or down by hand.

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    RE: Top-Flite T-34 - 8/15/2006 1:15:41 PM   
    raknin


     

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    Bob,

    Thanks, Can you send a pic that showing the pin I don't want to cause a damage to the retract landing gear, they are expensive.

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    RE: Top-Flite T-34 - 8/15/2006 1:41:54 PM   
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    There is a pin that goes from side to side in the retract frame that slides in a slot . You can move the pin by grasping it on both sides and moving it to unlock the pivot block.

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    RE: Top-Flite T-34 - 8/15/2006 2:21:16 PM   
    raknin


     

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    BobH, Hal

    Thanks. I suspected that this is the pin Bob was talking about but I was not sure about it.

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    RE: Top-Flite T-34 - 8/15/2006 11:15:28 PM   
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    I hope you have it figured out ok now? Sorry but I don't have any pictures handy. All my retracts are in my planes.. but I think you got it now.. good luck.

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    RE: Top-Flite T-34 - 8/17/2006 7:42:17 PM