[skydriver]

Thanks Pappy, I might just give that a try.

[SKUNKY]

Man, I would just decide which way I wanted to display it and leave it that way.....

[jim]

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Originally Posted by PappyB

I had this happen with one of my p-40s, too... it happened after I "nudged" the "self-actuating" gear a bit to get it to come down. Examining the gears on the pigeon-toed wheel I saw that they were basically one click too far forward compared to the other wheel. I took a deep breath and put enough torgue on the strut to click one notch back and the pigeon toed problem was solved...

[Cardinal]

Originally Posted by skydriver

Thanks Pappy, I might just give that a try.

You'll have to weigh the risks, but if I was you I would think twice about putting any pressure on that P40 gear strut - the chances of hearing 'snap, crackle & pop' are pretty high ...

[Kaptin_Kirk]

What I did, was very carefully push both landing gear wheels back at the same time. I had no problems. Worked well for me.

[PappyB]

Originally Posted by Cardinal

You'll have to weigh the risks, but if I was you I would think twice about putting any pressure on that P40 gear strut - the chances of hearing 'snap, crackle & pop' are pretty high ...

Yeah, definitely use this tip at your own risk -- I sweat a little bit but if you use slow and steady pressure you should be fine....

[Cardinal]

Originally Posted by PappyB

I had this happen with one of my p-40s, too... it happened after I "nudged" the "self-actuating" gear a bit to get it to come down. Examining the gears on the pigeon-toed wheel I saw that they were basically one click too far forward compared to the other wheel. I took a deep breath and put enough torgue on the strut to click one notch back and the pigeon toed problem was solved...

Originally Posted by skydriver

Thanks Pappy, I might just give that a try.

Originally Posted by PappyB

Yeah, definitely use this tip at your own risk -- I sweat a little bit but if you use slow and steady pressure you should be fine....

Respectfully beg to differ ...

[PappyB]

Originally Posted by Cardinal

Respectfully beg to differ ...

If you say so, my model survived it just fine... have you tried it?
(has anyone here actually snapped off the gear on one of their P-40s?)

[PappyB]

And heck, these days they're giving these things away just about -- so get an extra for spare parts

[Taff the Terrible]

Just got the RAF Kittyhawk and the gear wouldn't deploy. Before throwing the thing out the window I thought I would give the old website a visit and see if anyone could help. So PappyB thanks for the tip as I did exactly as you describe and the under cart came down nice as pie.
Regards
Taff

Originally Posted by PappyB

I've found the trick with the P-40's is to manually open the gear doors, hit the button, and then gently give the gear a "nudge" and it retracts/lowers on it's own pretty well. That said, I don't fool with 'em much.