3D chute expert, Tornado landing gear

[Lancman]

Hi folks, this popped up on my Facebook feed so the question is has anybody heard of or used them?

if so what’s the quality like.

 

https://3d-chute-expert.myshopify.com/products/1-32-tornado-landing-gear-for-italeri?variant=44010511892707

 

cheers

graham

 

 

[scott_t]

Graham,

Don't know much about them but the gear "looks" good.

I ordered 2 sets about a week ago. We'll see how they look when they show up.

 

Scott

[AnthonyWan]

Oooo...BTW what's the difference between early/late gear? 

[Dave Williams]

I think the early nose gear has two scissor links, one in front and one in the back.  The later nose gear has only one link.  The Italeri IDS kit has this option IIRC.

[Stevepd]

I used them for my F-4J build and purchased the drogue chute. It was a great quality bit of 3D printing, very well packag3d for going around the globe and arrived in good time. Go for it.

[Guest]

My set just appeared this morning, beautifully designed and printed , all they need is a coat of paint and some decals , and you have some of the best looking U/C components I've ever seen - Excellent service , less than 2 weeks to the UK

 

 

[scott_t]

Mine landed on my doorstep this afternoon ......man .....the gear looks great !!!  one set going on a GR.4 in Kandahar build.

[Guest]

I bought the Early ser as I'm backdating my kit back to a GR1A in Green/Grey  gotta love the early  gloss finished aircraft 

[AnthonyWan]

12 hours ago, Scotsman said:

I bought the Early ser as I'm backdating my kit back to a GR1A in Green/Grey  gotta love the early  gloss finished aircraft 

A GR1 in 1990 would have had the “early” gear right? 

[Guest]

Yup , as far as I know the only difference was the positioning and number of springs on the nose gear leg. My current project is a GR1A ZA404 in the markings of 2Sq Circa 1994 after the A upgrades , so I'm pretty sure it would still have had the "early" gear , although I may  to be proved wrong.

 

 

[Tomjw]

I think the dual scissor links were deleted back in the late 70s or very early 80s. The vast majority of GR1s had the late nose leg.

[CRAZY IVAN5]

One quick question , how strong will these be? They really do look good[ a little pricy for me]

[Zola25]

6 hours ago, CRAZY IVAN5 said:

One quick question , how strong will these be? They really do look good[ a little pricy for me]

They have a metal core inside so they should be really sturdy. 

 

The only build experience I have with 3D printed landing gears so far is from the JetMADS Viggen. Those are really strong and carry the weight of a full resin kit. Its really a heavy kit so I wouldnt worry at all about these.

 

Its a great idea and I hope they will continue to make landing gears for many other kits.. They look amazing

 

/Niels

[Lancman]

Just ordered mine and it’s coming with a set of nozzles also.