ORIGINAL: 103/17
Funny you mention Reactor gear,
I have asked Great Planes and Tower both about this issue and was told several times that it doesnt exist. Nope , no complaints ever. Up until this point I have been a steady customer of Great Planes. I currently own their Gee Bee, Reactor and .60 Fokker DR1 and I have had aeromasters (2), cap 21s (both 40 and 60) and even flew a tiporare for a while back in the day, heck I started flying on a PT20. But I will tell you the way they handled this issue was poor. I was told in an e-mail that they have NEVER heard of this issue. The guy e-mailing me was probably soiling diapers when I was building my tiporare. Then I was told that I needed to flair better????? I clearly stated that my issue was taxi nose over not landing nose over. I guess I am at a loss. I asked if the engineer who designed the poor gear geometry was able to correct it and supply gear. No response to that one. Great Planes seems to be changing from the Great Planes I have done business with for 20 years. Maybe I need to look elsewhere for aircraft. Anybody dealt with hangar 9 much?
Unhappy
103/17
I would agree that Great Planes could have done a better job with handling the landing gear problem. I filled in their feedback form at their website and mentioned the problem. Customer reps almost always seem to deny that a problem is widespread.
However, the problem is easy to fix. Just reverse the gear; takeoffs and landings are a piece of cake. Only drawback is that the cg moves a bit forward.
Malcolm