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Old 03-27-2004 | 07:28 PM
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Default Hanger 9 Texan, replacement retracts

Hi there,

I flew my Texan today for her maiden. Looked great, took off nice, and flew like it was on rails. When it came time for the landing, I started slowing her down.. Overshot my landing and went for a go around. Dead stick as soon as I throttled up, so I decided to make my landing any way. Flared a bit to soon, and it dropped from about 4 feet, straight onto the mains. This caused both of them to shatter the plastic parts. I know four feet is kinda high for a fall, but should they have exploded?

Anyhoo, I had already done the Robart strut mod, but now I'm wondering of the whole Robart retract assembly would fit? As anyone used any other retracts on this bird?

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Old 04-01-2004 | 07:11 PM
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Has anyone ever heard of, or tried the Frank Tiano all metal retracts? I saw an ad in RC Flyer for them...

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Old 04-01-2004 | 09:12 PM
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Default RE: Hanger 9 Texan, replacement retracts

You might want to check out [link=http://www.retracts.com/]Spring Air[/link]. Most, if not all, of their retracts are all metal.

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