Originally Posted by
FalconWings
You guys realize that hydraulic steering has been nothing short of a nightmare for CARF A-4 ownere right? What are you guys doing different?
I'll be honest, ditch hydraulic anything! Other than that, what an incredible landing gear. My buddies at Lockheed would drool!
Skymasters hydraulic system looks like it works. CARF never got past getting the thing to work at all other than the two test models they built. No one else has gotten their hardware to function. It looks like Skymaster is using hydraulic cylinders designed for hydrolic unlike CARF who tried to adapt a cylinder to work with hydrolic. I don't think anyone will have problems with hydrolic if it is done properly. The Skymaster cylinders are totally different.
I do wonder how good that wheel turns with a load. Skymaster could you put a load on that nose gear and turn it? That is the ultimate test of how well it works other than being able to hold that vaccume in the hydraulic system.
Thanks,
Andy