See how the Wildcat landing gear works!

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[@johnsatan117]

Whenever you put up or down your landing gear in warthunder for the wildcat, you can see the lever moving

[@justindunlap1235]

That's cool they added that little detail.

[@WarThnderMudnen76]

Cheers... I'm going to check that out.

[@kevinm.n.5158]

Imagine if they made warthunder a sandbox simulator instead of a grift. Its a crime

[@forever-fm1rw]

Wildcat is gonna be mad.

[@TheBrokenFarmer]

Is there a drawing for this? Or a model? I’d love to 3D print one or weld one together.

[@hughmungus5033]

Please keep me updated

[@FLMKane]

it's just a double a arm suspension with a hand crank.

[@stephenridgway3886]

Get the Revell 1/32 wildcat. It's got a detailed landing gear

[@5695q]

Model Airplane News magazine has a plan for a Wildcat with a set of landing gear plans to build your own.

[@grandmaplayz6471]

Yeah you turn around that shit 27 times when all the other pilots just press a button

[@paintnamer6403]

This is why some plastic Wildcat model kits are more difficult to build.

[@naysaykiller928]

"I'm Scott Manley -Fly Safe"

[@la_old_salt2241]

The Wildcat is a cool airplane. My first aviation professor in college was a retired full Marine Corp Colonel. He flew them off Guadalcanal. Had two shot up so bad they ended up as parts birds. One of them broke in half on landing back at Henderson Field. I miss Colonel Hartley.

[@Jetmets_951]

The wildcat is supreme

[@thunderball1398]

You need to turn on the Handel 29 times so that the landing gear is in

[@hipper5020]

Is it realistic in that? Does fighter planes handle from ww2 era really need to be turned under 30 times to have landing gear fully out. Isnt that quite exhausting?

[@Veneno2911]

​@@hipper5020 it it true the handle did have to be turned 29 times

[@Rediipandaii]

Remember go in here for one of my birthdays I haven’t seen this part of the museum but I went to the old one before

[@allenclark338]

I believe it was originally in the Grumman F3F.

[@jimleffler7976]

Awesome model/ mockup 😊

[@susant2]

thank you im making the airfix model of this so this helps me

[@The_Bookman]

This is awesome! Thanks so much! :)

[@welshpete12]

I often wondered how i worked !

[@notaulgoodman9732]

Look at how shiny those rims are.

[@joaopedroschramm1948]

Amazing

[@michaelsullivan2554]

Had no idea. Thanks.

[@pythonboi5816]

Are the flaps also hand operated? No right?

[@Ratrazor]

That's cool but that would suck if one of those chains broke up in the air

[@LBCB94025]

that's an excellent design where too much pressure safely just puts it into the right position and then bounces back out!!??
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[@huckabro8030]

Can’t wait to see it!

[@michaelcondon8286]

Euan, damn you're a real craftsman!

[@FLMKane]

double A arm suspension. So that's where it came from

[@poteb]

I'd love to see how it works inside the box as well, so I might be able to make a LEGO replica.

[@mrsylvester5874]

So cool

[@navyav8r653]

What about putting it down? Was it a gravity operation or did they have to crank it down to?

[@toomi195]

I'm fairly sure you still had to crank but it was a lot easier

[@douglasprobst5677]

They probably had a pawl that could be released

[@ghost307]

Cranked all the way down.
Gearing wouldn't allow free falling operation.

[@joshuamccue4166]

A wildcat pilot told me when they launched off carriers in battle sometimes they would roll inverted to get an extra hand from gravity when they retracted the gear

[@Pgb633]

I doubt that , being at low altitude , inverted , with gear out is not a good situation

[@mrs6968]

That is so doooope

[@videoeditingprojects2355]

Didn’t they have to crank it exactly 27 times?

[@manuelmartins1967]

Knew about this from War Thunder.
Feel free to bully me below

[@MrManiak19]

It’s that little plug for fuel jettison I think

[@thewatcher5271]

In His Autobiography, 'Ace!', Colonel R. Bruce Porter Talks About How The Landing Gear Works & How To Be Careful So It Doesn't Whack You On The Leg When It Goes Down. Thank You.

[@Pineappleparty]

But what happens if you keep rotating the handle to raise or lower it? Does it have a stopping point?

[@ghost307]

The same thing that happens when you try to turn the window crank after the window is fully closed.

[@koolkei]

Thats a double wishbone arrangement or something. Huh

[@luichinplaystation610]

The Midway disaster plane

[@beegee22]

👍

[@umarplayss]

Same with the i16s Russian fighter

[@xavierrodriguez2463]

It's a lot simpler than i thought it would be, it's basically just double wishbone suspension where the shock folds

[@aker1993]

Try crank that thing while flying

[@theconfederacyofindependen7268]

Other WW2 aircraft landing gear: *automatic*
The Wildcat Landing Gear for some facking reason: 𝘾𝙍𝘼𝙉𝙆 𝘾𝙍𝘼𝙉𝙆 𝘾𝙍𝘼𝙉𝙆 *and your good to go*

[@rolandolopez5261]

Amazing