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Old 05-19-2013 | 11:38 AM
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Chad Veich
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Default RE: mechanism for making a retractable tailhook on Hellcat?

ORIGINAL: DaveGee
That brings up an interesting question about the full sized Hellcat tailhooks. I am guessing that it was hinged just as mine is that makes it hang straight down outside of the fuse. I don't know if there were any springs or anything to make it stay that way, or if just the weight of it was sufficient.
There is a spring on the full size.
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