Ultimatesports Lancair IV retracts

[bruno]

Hello there ,
can someone help me with the installation of the retracts in the scale position ?
i have the kit and the retracts from Barton (140° ) but I need some drawings with angles to install them .
Also an outline from the strut would help .
Maybe there are some drawings available from similar kits (KT aviation , Hostetler ) that were used in the 100 " class ?
thanks ,
Bruno .

[chasrb]

Are yiou still working on this? I bought the Hosteller Plans to use for built up wings instead of foam core. If you are interested I can take a phot of the area in question and upload it here.

If you ahve finished your IV post a pic or two or if you are in the buld still, post what you ahve.

Chasman

[bruno]

Hello there ,
Thank you for your reply .
Sorry it's still in its box :-(
No time ...
Thanks but I've bought also the hostetler plans for reference .
Feel free to send me some pics of your plane .
Thanks ,
Bruno .

[kbodeau]

I have one also with the Gene Barton Retracts installed, finally finshed it up about a year ago. Think I still have the templates of what I did to install them. I'll look and see what I got.
Here is a link to a couple of pictures:
http://www.flyinggiants.com/forums/a...0&d=1257281037
http://www.flyinggiants.com/forums/a...9&d=1257281037

[kbodeau]

Here are some pictures of the gear installation, kind of hard to see. One pic is the patterns of the retract box and the fuse side stiffners that support the retract box.

Keith

[RAMFlyer]

Do you have any pictures of the nose gear retract installation? Thanks. Bill

[woofaero]

Does anyone know what happened to the molds for the lancair?

Thanks Mike

[Rojett]

I am curious. I used to race giant scale. Ihave a lancair kit, glass-foam-canopy-retracts, span 100". I bought all of this back after the second Madera race and would like to sell it. Any offers! More than a $1200.00 in it. Will take any reasonable offer.

[kbodeau]

If I remember right there was a guy named York Zenter from CA, I think he had alot to do with the fuse design, not sure if he had anything to do with the molds.

Keith

	Quote: Originally Posted by woofaero
	Does anyone know what happened to the molds for the lancair? Thanks Mike

[kbodeau]

I'll see if I can get a picture, it is hanging from the ceiling right now. I used a standard "Spring Air" firewall mount nose wheel retract, nothing special in the install.

Keith

	Quote: Originally Posted by RAMFlyer
	Do you have any pictures of the nose gear retract installation? Thanks. Bill

[chasrb]

	Quote: Originally Posted by kbodeau
	Here are some pictures of the gear installation, kind of hard to see. One pic is the patterns of the retract box and the fuse side stiffners that support the retract box. Keith Attachment 316435 Attachment 316436 Attachment 316437 Attachment 316438 Attachment 316439 Attachment 316440 Attachment 316441

Keith, long time since I have looked here... thanks for the photos of the gear install!!

Can you comment on the build? I just finished my Flair Stearman - just in time to see it sit until flying season 2012 :-).

I am thinking I want to begin on the Lancair. I have both the obiechee foamcore wings and I had a full kit cut so I could use a builtup wing instead. I have never done a foamcore wing and I don't thing this plane is the one to start on. So I took the familiar route - built up style...

If you have any photos of the build, notes and challenges you went through on the build could be helpful to me and other Lancair builders.

Great plane not many built from what I can tell.

I have a OS FF320 Pegasus I a thinig of using as a powerplant, I have not ruled out a ZDZ 80 twin or larger either.

Thanks in advance!

Chas