I'm having some issues with some mechanical retracts in a 120 sized ship. Retract servo is in fuse, plug in wings. The issue revolves around plane assembly/disassembly... major pain. I'm using ball links now, they thye are difficult to put on/take off. Any advice? Thanks.

My buddy has a Prophecy and doesn't like to remove the belly pan every flight so he has the retract wires coming out of the fuse with a regular clevis and fuel tube clamp. He puts the wing on with the wire going through the retract hole in the root rib. Uses a hemostat to connect the clevis to the retract, slide the fuel tubing forward and whalla, retracts hooked up.

Cleaning up is the reverse and actually only takes a couple of seconds.

For me, I have used the spring loaded ball links on the servo wheel(I've always had a removable canopy) made by Sullivan. These go on very easily and have never had one pop off.

ed

Have you tried the spring loaded ball joints? Simply pull the keeper back, slide the ball joint on or off, and then let go of the keeper. I have had great success with these in the configuration you mention. I wish I had the part no. but I threw the packaging away.

Lems or anybody... never heard of spring loaded ball links. Who makes them?

Sullivan

ed

Thanks... I think that will solve my issue.