Retractable Landing gear

[homer911]

Anyone made any retractable landing gear for their MR? Thinking of making a set for my Droidworx AD8- HLE. Shouldn't be that hard.

 

[rsun]

Photohigher have one for the DW Skyjib.

 

[homer911]

Yeah, I know. Its a little pricey though!! I thought someone might have built their own. The retract actuators are fairly cheap on ebay. I was thinking of buying some PVC pipe and bending it to a similar shape to the Photohigher gear.

 

[Efliernz]

I diy'd one here... 1st flight of the diy octo...

but due to the weight (and the small 75g motors) I removed it. Biggest mistake was not photographing the mechanism! I used a single servo with rods from each side / opposite of the servo wheel. They "locked" in place when up & down due to them being opposite. I used spring-assist to lift them up. Actuators would be better but I have to source stuff like that from the other side of the world...

Pete