A4 Skyhawk Part 2
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The mains are twist and turn with lovely wheels and brakes. The nose gear is interesting in several ways… The steering is accomplished using hydraulics and is completely proportional and the nose oleo can be lengthened and shortened via the transmitter to change the AoA of the aircraft on the ground which is similar to what the full size did. The nose oleo automatically shortens when retracted by releasing the pressure in the reservoir, when it retracts the second slender cylinder pulls the oleo in. It will be hooked up to a multifuction valve for retraction with a separate single electronic valve for the oleo adjustment.
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Wings need a bit of work but are ok. The gear doors have been installed but clash with each other when opening. The forward main gear door needs to be hinged about 10mm further outboard using robart style hinges and two small slots to get the distance which is what they did on the production airframes. There is also a small hatch that’s been cut just outboard of the forward gear door probably for an air cylinder but I can put one forward of the wheel for the gear door actuation. Luckily the hatch has been cut with care so its just a matter of sticking it back on.
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I’m looking forward to getting this one ready especially if it flies as nicely as I’m told.