Finesse 120 Conversion to Fixed Gear

[Troy Newman]

my recommendation is to use the Bolly large gear...You could get away with
the Std gear but they are pretty short and made for the 60 sized birds of
the past. Go to bollyprops.com for the specs....The std gear are a little
over 3/4" shorter than the larger gear........

The 140 sized birds I think the best gear are the F3A wide gear and the 2000
gear...The large are a little flexible when it comes to the really big 2M
birds.....Not so much weight as an issue but the fuse seems to rock quite a
bit on the larger gear...The wide seem to work better....on the wide body
designs the wide and 200 gear are a great fit....

Converting the old Finesse (not the 2M version) my guess is the std gear
might work but to be sure the large would be my choice.


as for location stick the gear under the leading edge of the wing..Then with
the sweep back the gear will be about in the same location as if the
retracts were still in it....


Troy Newman



----- Original Message -----
From: "Michael & Melissa Laggis" <mmlaggis at mtaonline.net>
To: <discussion at nsrca.org>
Sent: Monday, March 10, 2003 8:36 PM
Subject: RE: Finesse 120 Conversion to Fixed Gear


> Where did you position the gear? Just in front of the wing or was it a bit
> farther back towards the CG?
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: discussion-request at nsrca.org [mailto:discussion-request at nsrca.org]On
> Behalf Of adriancwong at earthlink.net
> Sent: Monday, March 10, 2003 6:15 AM
> To: discussion at nsrca.org
> Subject: Re: Finesse 120 Conversion to Fixed Gear
>
> Michael,
>
> I have a Finesse 2+2 I still fly from time to time. It started out with
> retracts and has since been converted to the Bolly's 60 size fixed gear.
>
> The conversion was real simple. I cut open two holes on both sides of the
> fuse for the one piece gear set to slip through, then installed (inside
the
> fuse) two hardwood wooden blocks on both sides of the pipe tunnel for
> mounting the gear set. Finally, as a reinforcement, I installed a pice of
> 1/8" thick aluminum plate on the flat bottom part of the fuse. The whole
> conversion took two evenings to complete. As a matter of fact, I have
> converted my Python to a fixed gear also.
>
> Good luck.
>
> Adrian Wong
>
> Chingbergh Enterprises, Inc.
> 1555 Lakeside Drive, Suite # 194
> Oakland, CA 94612
> Tel:    (510)452-1005
> Fax:    (510)452-0378
> E-mail: info at chingbergh.com
> www.chingbergh.com
>
>
>
>
>
> -------Original Message-------
> From: Michael & Melissa Laggis <mmlaggis at mtaonline.net>
> Sent: 03/10/03 06:44 PM
> To: discussion at nsrca.org
> Subject: Finesse 120 Conversion to Fixed Gear
>
> >
> > Hello All,
> How hard would it be to convert an already assembled Finesse 120 from
> pneumatic retracts to fixed gear.  Looking at the Bolly USA site I see
> they
> have 60, 140 Lg. and 140 Wide carbon gear.  Which gear would be most
> suitable?  Would I just reinforce the fuse with a 1/4 inch ply at the
> first
> former?  I think doing this would lighten up the aircraft a bit.  Thanks
> for
> all your input.
>
> Michael Laggis
> Alaska Radio Control Society
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