hi all my wife got me the t-34 mentor and I would like to put in some retracts. how good are the hanger 9 retracts or is there some that are better fit for this plane. also what are the advantages of air retracts over the hanger 9 retracts.

I haven't tried H9's, but I know Dave Brown's mechanicals are good.

Jerry

I used the factory gear for my Mentor and they fit and work perfectly.
Being the rebuilder of everything I drilled out the trunnions and used next larger size wire.
Sure did not need it./ Get em they fit very well and look good also and cheap.
Greg.
PS I even added gear doors to mine.

Thanks guys I ordered the hanger 9 retracts yesterday hope they will be here soon

Well I got the h9 retracts for my t-34 but the nose gear broke so I picked up a set of hobbico retracts the problem is that the stearing arm is on the wrong side of the retract so that when you move the rudder right the nose wheel goes left. I was thinking about putting control rod for the nose wheel on the same side of the servo arm as the rudder control rod. I have never seen this done before and would like to know if it can be or if some one has better fix please let me know and if you have pics that would be great

ramduster
I´m use the Hangar 9 retracts in my T-34 and works very well
I have a question
how do you broke the nose gear???

I used the H-9 also, work great.................................

The plastic part on the in side of the retract that screws to the metal rod that makes it retract broke. this happened on take off last week and luckliy that is the only thing that broke. I fly off a grass runway and it very smooth so your guess is as good as mine as to why it broke.

H9 must have made big improvements to there retracts! I have the P51 and T6 both had lousy retracts. Replaced them with robart mechanical they work very well. need to modify mount some what