Great! Thanks for that, thought it must be something along those lines.

Does the project have an undercart among it's parts?

Mike

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> Subject: [Whitley_project] Re: Hello & Undercarriage
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> Mike,
> The Whitley undercarriage folds very much like that of the C47 Dakota.
> The main legs fold like a man's leg.
> The "hip" joint is on the lower front edge of the wing's main box-spar.
> The knee folds forwards
> The rear wish-bone componant is also fixed at the top on the box-spar
> lower edge and at it's other ends (there are two)- just above
> the "ankle". This piece lets the thigh-shin move forward slightly
> during the fold.
>
> If I get time soon, I can post an naimation in the file section.
> --
> MdD
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> --- In Whitley_project@..., "Mike Hill" <mike.hill@b...>
> wrote:
> > Hi Everyone I just joined the group.
> >
> > Can anyone tell me how the Whitley's undercart is arranged & how it
> > moves? I can't see the arrangement in photos coz of the shadows & U/C
> > doors and I can't find a drawing either. And it doesn't seem to
> > survive on crash sites judging by the photos...?
> > Clearly the pivot point is the top end of the rear fork as the wheel
> > moves forward from 'down' position as it retracts, but what are the
> > main legs doing? Do they have 'knees' & fold above the oleos, do the
> > tops of the oleoes move fwd or aft....?
> >
> > Mike
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