My SM F-14 Tomcat
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hey guys, done a lot of work in the meantime, check out my new vids........
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#182
Man seeing the gear work worries me with hang ups on the up, Wim how do u have your gear and doors setup, 1 valve for all 3 gear and 2 for the doors? Looking good mine is ready for paint!!!!
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@ Fender: I ordered mine with the 5-in-1 valve. although it doesn't have the right program for the tomcat, it can work if used in conjunction with an extra valve on the powerbox sequencer. this is how i did it on mine.
@ Chris: indeed, I installed two large Robart tanks above the inlets, and joined those for the gear and doors. I then have two of the original tanks under the pumps and UAT's, one for airbrake + brakes, other for canopy and tailhook.
@ thomas: the left main gear did hang up a bit, much better after some careful application of WD40, lol.........
@ Muzz, thx mate!
@ Chris: indeed, I installed two large Robart tanks above the inlets, and joined those for the gear and doors. I then have two of the original tanks under the pumps and UAT's, one for airbrake + brakes, other for canopy and tailhook.
@ thomas: the left main gear did hang up a bit, much better after some careful application of WD40, lol.........
@ Muzz, thx mate!
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man I was really hoping someone converted theirs to hydraulic, I was really hoping to do that to mine!!!
Mick would you send me or post how you did yours? Im here in the states and cannot find anything local so I guesss im going to need to order from overseas. Looks good seems to work really smooth, did you convert everything to hydraulic or just the gear? Thanks
Mick would you send me or post how you did yours? Im here in the states and cannot find anything local so I guesss im going to need to order from overseas. Looks good seems to work really smooth, did you convert everything to hydraulic or just the gear? Thanks
Last edited by FenderBean; 10-14-2014 at 06:57 AM.
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man I was really hoping someone converted theirs to hydraulic, I was really hoping to do that to mine!!!
Mick would you send me or post how you did yours? Im here in the states and cannot find anything local so I guesss im going to need to order from overseas. Looks good seems to work really smooth, did you convert everything to hydraulic or just the gear? Thanks
Mick would you send me or post how you did yours? Im here in the states and cannot find anything local so I guesss im going to need to order from overseas. Looks good seems to work really smooth, did you convert everything to hydraulic or just the gear? Thanks
#193
Yes Mark is correct, the gear is oil and the doors are air. It would be too complicated to have the doors hyd as they have to be timed requiring two more distribution valves and two more servos.
I may be tempted in the future to have the secondary doors oil operated ie the nose doors, the small and outer main doors because I'm not happy with the transition speed.
The system is basically the UMS (India) kit with the ECU replaced by my own accumulator which controls the pump cycle, there is a picture of this in a previous post.
I have modified 10 or a dozen models now and have not yet come across cylinders that cannot be modified to 4mm operation. The last one I did was my Airworld Hunter.
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I may be tempted in the future to have the secondary doors oil operated ie the nose doors, the small and outer main doors because I'm not happy with the transition speed.
The system is basically the UMS (India) kit with the ECU replaced by my own accumulator which controls the pump cycle, there is a picture of this in a previous post.
I have modified 10 or a dozen models now and have not yet come across cylinders that cannot be modified to 4mm operation. The last one I did was my Airworld Hunter.
m
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Balancing act.....
Well guys, hardware on mine is about done, still need to adress some minor things, but in all, it's finished!
still have a lot of programming to do though, and doublechecking of course.
I sent in my actuators today for an upgrade, will be changed to full alu version.
I did take the time to check my balance, and it does come out quite well!!!
here she is "hanging in the ropes' so to say....
I'm very happy with the outcome: to balance her per the manual, she only needs 285g of lead in the nose, to balance her just in front of the wing mech, the lead needs to go in the back. so without any lead, she'll balance about 1cm in front of the pivot mechanism. I weighed her as well..... 28kg, dry, with filled UAT's.... oh, if you fit long bolts to balance yours, be sure to fit véry strong M4 bolts.... mine bent, lol!
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still have a lot of programming to do though, and doublechecking of course.
I sent in my actuators today for an upgrade, will be changed to full alu version.
I did take the time to check my balance, and it does come out quite well!!!
here she is "hanging in the ropes' so to say....
I'm very happy with the outcome: to balance her per the manual, she only needs 285g of lead in the nose, to balance her just in front of the wing mech, the lead needs to go in the back. so without any lead, she'll balance about 1cm in front of the pivot mechanism. I weighed her as well..... 28kg, dry, with filled UAT's.... oh, if you fit long bolts to balance yours, be sure to fit véry strong M4 bolts.... mine bent, lol!
W.
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Mick,
per the manual, initially it should be balanced about 2cm in front of the CF cross member.
at this location, it needs 285g nose weight. suspended just n front of the CF spar, it needs the same weight in the tail. so without weight, it balances between these two extremes.
Wim
per the manual, initially it should be balanced about 2cm in front of the CF cross member.
at this location, it needs 285g nose weight. suspended just n front of the CF spar, it needs the same weight in the tail. so without weight, it balances between these two extremes.
Wim