flandrumjr

Thanks for the information.
As far as getting a bum pair, I don't know, and am not prepared to spend another $150 to find out. HH promised to send me an e-mail with further explanations, will post that ifo if it comes. Although they have a 1 year warenty on manufactory defects they guy I taked to would not honer it and send a replacement pair (due to modification as decribed above), said they have no record of this problem reported. That is why I am shearching this site for information.
The E-Flite 60-120 retracts may be OK for wire struts only, but not with scale struts and wheels. E-flite should be more honest about the capabilities of these retracts and specefiy that scale struts and wheels may be too heavy after extended use, but that would't be good for sales. The R&D department didn't do there job on this one IMUO. They indicate 60-120 scale for these retracts, my TF P-47 is 60 and does not deliver, wonder how they figure the same retract will work on 120 scale with scale struts and wheels?
Very disapointed in E-Flite on this one.