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Retract replacement

I recently finished putting together my Hangar 9 AT-6 Texan ARF. I flew it for the first time saturday and sunday. The biggest problem I have found is the crappy retracts Hangar 9 puts on this plane. Both on take off and landing one if not both landing gears want to fold under. I have made sure that they are completely locked into position, but they feel extremely loose and wiggle way too much.

Does anybody have any suggestions on a better quality mechanical retracts to replace these "crappy ones"?

RE: Retract replacement

One way to get rid of the play and wiggle is cut off the struts just above the coils and install Robart RoboStruts.

RE: Retract replacement

Pull the retracts out. Many of them have adjustment points for minimizing "slop".

Another possibility would be to replace them with a decent set of retracts that have a 3/16" strut. I know Robart makes them with 3/16" struts and "I THINK" Dave Brown does also.