RE: CARF F4U-1 Corsair build thread
Found something curious when installing the tail gear. The new gear has a shock that is 1" longer than the old shock (the blue one). This prevents the gear form being retracted far enough in the bay. When fully retracted, the entire wheel and yoke stuck down. I exchanged the new shock with the old one from #1, and it works fine, only protruding through the gear doors by about 1/3 of the tire (normal). Wonder if anyone else with one of the newer kits has run into this? I didn't see any change in the mounting structure.
I like the looks of the newer shock, but didn't see a way to make it work without modifying the mount. The post needs to come up into the rudder stab in the proper place to support the stab spar, which basically locates everything else on the gear framework.