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Old 08-24-2025 | 04:26 PM
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Originally Posted by thailazer
I just got one and am into the second day of building it. The retracts are now electric and they work very well, although one of the mains has about a 5 degree skew in it. The Allen crew that retains that gear leg is threaded all the way into the support shaft so no way to straighten it but it should track "okay" down the runway even with that bit of skew.

All three retracts plug into a provided control box so you only have to run one cable to the receiver. The mounting for the main retracts is not very well aligned and I had to shim one retract to get it to be correct.

Other than those issues, very impressed with the quality of it so far. Certainly not a beginner model but it sure has the looks!
Glad you were able to overcome those issues.

My friend who sold me mine did all that tinkering with it. May he rest in peace.