Does anyone know if the Lado E-door actuators are actually available yet? Their web site says availability is pre-order only but also says 200 in stock.

Anybody know what the deal is on them?

Hi Gary, i just receive 2 , and i put it on my f-16 speedbrake, they work great.

Mike

Thanks Mike. I just received a message from Lado as well letting me know they are in stock. I am going to use them on my new JL 1/8 F-16 for gear doors and then convert the gear at Down & Locked for an entire electric setup. No air lines except for brakes will be awesome. I think electric brakes are coming, can't wait.

I am thinking about one for my Scorpion speed brake but the way it is setup now required more travel than the 30mm max available on the e-door actuator.

Thanks for your input...Gary

Down and locked is working on an electrical brake system now, I am planning on using Lado for future projects. I love electric gear and having door, speed brakes, and flaps/slat on actuators is a nice easy setup.

That is the brake system I was referring to as well. I wouldn't be surprised if others were already working on something similar.

I noticed BVM has an elec type brake setup now on their web site. It looks like an air cylinder driven by a servo which will work with their existing braking system.
Vin...

Gary I have been using the Figelli Linear actuators for a while on canopies. You might give one of them a try. I have an Extra L12 100mm 100/1 if you would like to try it.

http://www.trossenrobotics.com/p/fig...-Actuator.aspx

Do these actuators have a control box or do they just plug into a receiver channel like a servo?

Also, are they available state side? or do you have to order direct from Lado. BTW, they look amazing, I was hesitant to go the Down and locked route because I didn't want to have to run air or servos on the doors. This looks to be the solution!

Mike

If you want to buy these you can order them from Christophe directly from Lado. I have asked many questions in the last few days and he has been very responsive to ALL of my questions. I would not hesitate to order directly from him. You can place an order on line like any other company.

The e-doors are pretty simple and as I understand it they use a board that you plug all 3 cylinders into and then that board plugs into your receiver I think, using only one channel. I believe they have a delay feature in the programming feature so a sequencer in unnecessary.

You can also follow the link on his web site to a complete video section on YouTube that has many photos on both the e-door actuators and the gear actuators that can be used for conversion of your air powered retract units. In the past few days I have researched both Down and Locked, and Lado extensively concerning gear conversions to electric and there are advantages to both methods.

With Down and Locked they perform the conversion and provide a great service with warranty but it is a little pricey. Converting gear using Lado actuators may require a little creativity on some gear but it will be much less expensive if you are comfortable doing the conversion yourself. Many gear units are as simple as drilling and tapping your slider and installing the new actuator in place of the air cylinder. The 15mm wide actuator is identically sized to all three retract units I have available in my shop and will drop right in place. The other nice feature of the Lado units is that a programming board is available that allows you to delay gear up/down cycle time if needed. The same programming board can be used for the e-door actuators I believe. Down and Locked gear does not have any adjustable programming. When it leaves the factory it is pre programmed. The programming flexibility on the Lado units is a nice feature in my opinion and eliminate the need for a sequencer.

I believe that Christophe is the new owner of Lado and there is a nice video of his factory on YouTube. Looks like he has some very nice equipment with which he is producing the CNC manufactured Lado products. He was very helpful in my research. I am unfortunately not able to use the e-door cylinders because of the size of the e-door actuators but I am ordering two of the Lado gear actuators to convert my Jet Legend F-16 to electric gear. Christophe even offered to convert my gear for me if I wanted to send it to him, but I will probably do it myself just because it is so simple.





Gary

I have one of the e-door actuators but there are no instructions with it, does anyone know how to program a delay, video perhaps?

Rob.

Rob,

There is a video on the Lado website (on the programmer page) here:

http://www.e-retract.com/en/accessor...grammeur-.html


Has anyone fitted these to their doors? Any pictures? They look cool but seem quite big for quite a small stroke (and are pretty expensive)!!!

Hi everybody,
I've got three e-door actuators for the gear doors of my UltraLightning.
I pre-ordered them together with the programmer in october and Christophe made a good job keeping me informed although they only arrived in the end of january.
Each e-door has its own board so if you want to plug more than one actuator to one single channel you need to make a multiple harness 3 in 1, or mix different channels, or assign 3 single outlets to 1 channel like I'm doing with Weatronic.
The programmer is really easy to use and let's you program a delay from 0 to 15 seconds independantly in both directions open or close.
You can also program the actuator to remain open or close after gear has extended.
I chose the 30mm extension actuators and they work very well although they are quite larger (in thickness) than same extension air cylinders.

Mauri

Here they are in action!
30mm stroke, perfect for the UL.

[link]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bz8sRI47GiM[/link]

Great work Christophe!

Mauri