Colt4570

Great flight, congrats! Your plane looks really good! The 4 blade seemed to carry it around nicely. Thanks for the video.

Colt4570

Well, after the family being sick for over a week, I got out to taxi test the P-47 today. Tail wheel shifted a little and it ground looped, putting a little side load on the right retract, (our runway is solid asphalt, so it grabs a little.) The retract frame did not fair well and while checking everything out, the retract stopped about a 1/4 of the way from retracted to extended. I was surprised at the deformation of the retract frame for a small side load. Have a note in with Gator RC to see what I can get for parts.

Colt4570

Just in case it becomes necessary to go with Electron retract actuators, how much work is there to get Electron actuators into these wings?

LtMash1A

Anyone found or tried Carbon fiber wing tubes?

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there is no need for carbon fiber wing tubes

Colt4570

Contacted Gator RC ref the parts for the gear, but no response. Also sent an email to [email protected] as Facebook suggested and waiting for a reply.

Does anyone know for certain what angle the factory gear are? I would assume 85 or 90 degrees..

LtMash1A

How did you contact them? If you call, you will get either Mike or Ashley and they will address your problem.

Colt4570

I e-mailed them. I will have to try calling them next week. Thanks.

muzafft

Same here, I have DA100 laying around but ended up ordering UMS 150. Expecting plane and engine by tomorrow

muzafft

I might use this file. Thanks!

Colt4570

Got hold of Mike by telephone. Thanks LtMash.

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You want be sorry because the UMS 150 runs great but you’ll have to spend another $250 for a fuel pump

LtMash1A

How will you get the backplate out past the cowl to mount the prop?

mudflap31

Just an update from me, im five flights in, the ums 150 is singing now on the beila 25x14x4, the model is dialed in and performing just how i expected, much better in the upline for big loops!
Unfortunately the toprc retract mech is weak, one side has failed and there is slop in the other, my landings are not that bad!! Its just junk.
it's disappointing but i think i will have to go with electrons, i only went toprc as electrons were not available at the time of ordering.

JRSmith

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Guys,

I have sold my project to focus on scale helicopters, as that is where my passion truly is. With that being said, I will be following along and if anybody needs an electric setup for this airplane, please let me know. I have the Neu Motors 8025-150, Jeti Spin 220 and the 24" Vario Prop setup with adapter for DA 100 which works for the Neu Motors prop adapter! All new in box. Figured I would let this thread know, since this combo what specifically chosen for the TopRC P-47. Just send me a message.

Jason

PaulD

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the cowl has to go back some which means some form of mods to fit the engine rockers.

Paul

Colt4570

Glad the UMS and that prop are working for you!

Obviously, same issue here with the gear.. Talked to Mike at Gator but doubt he's going to be able to come up with any spare parts, plus it'll probably happen again. Soo, I am also going to go with Electrons. Can anyone confirm if these are 85 or 90 degree actuators? Thanks.

LuvaraAir

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I don't know if they are the same as the P-51 actuators, but I have a set of the retracts from my TOPRC P-51 that could be had cheap. One has a bad motor, but the frames are like new (they were never flown).

PM me if interested.

Chris

LtMash1A

According to the specs from UMS, the 150 and 125 have basically the same diameter which does not make sense. Anyone using the 125, is it a tight fit? Do you have to use prop shaft extenders or modify the cowl in some fashion?

mudflap31

the 125 is a bigger diameter, you will have to split the cowl to make it fit. The 150 only just fits.

mudflap31

I just checked and mine have deformed exactly as yours have.
I measured mine at 90deg, 15mm spigot.

Colt4570

It doesn't seem to take much.. If they had just used even a thin "steel" frame like Robart, they would probably hold up better. Thanks for checking the angle. I thought they were 90 deg too, but I looked at a photo of mine with gear extended and it looks like they're kicked in a few degrees at the bottom. I just don't want to order the wrong actuators.

Colt4570

Thanks for making me look at the angle again mudflap. I double checked my retract and it's definitely 90 degrees. Obviously the gear block flats aren't parallel to the bottom of the wing, lol.

Colt4570

Electron ER-50's are on order. The measurements are all pretty similar so, knock on wood, it shouldn't be major surgery to get these installed. The screw holes are a bit off, so there's that. I just hate paying for things twice. There must have been more than a few complaints about the stock gear, because I noticed Gator RC is now offering the plane without the gear.

marksp

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When the kits were first offered for pre-order, I (and prolly others) shared feedback that this “forced” bundling model was short-sighted and would impact sales and customer satisfaction.

Glad to hear they’re now “allowing” customers to purchase what they want without tying what they don’t.

Keep us posted on your electron journey (source, cost, installation, etc.).

I’m flying off grass so matter of time until more robust solution required.

Cheers