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I am building a 1/4 scale DH Moth Minor from the Jerry Bates plan and we need to source a pair of sprung oleo legs to suit the model. We have tried contacting Unitracts but have had no reply. Does anyone know where we could get a pair from, preferably off the shelf? The pic is a scan off the plan, the overall length of the leg is 8", the OD of the leg is 1/2" and the sleeve that fits into the wing block is 2 1/2" long. Thanks in advance for any response. David Jones.

Hi Dave,
I built a Moth from the JB plan earlier this year .I got my undercarriage from Custom retracts in Australia guys name is Al Zuger.
First class workmanship as he has made a few for this plan .He has a website with an email address - not cheap but good stuff never is.
He takes a while to answer emails but does so if prompted.

Cheers

Pete

Forgot to mention he welded a bracket on mine to screw into a block in the wing,also helps with the angle .

Pete

Just remembered I've a pic somewhere




Hope it helps

Dave, I have Unitracts on mine but know the place I got mine from closed . You could also look at Robarts on the Ripmax web site. The reference for their 1/2 inch straight leg I found is F-RB670.
Hope this helps
cheers Dave Walker

Thanks Peter, they do look the dogs, pricey, but very nice. I've told my mate so it will be up to him if we go for them. I would have hoped there would be something nearer to home. David Jones.

Modelled from the full size

Second pic

Thanks to everyone who replied to my request for info, we are now sorted. I'll probably do a build thread for this project in due course so you will see how we got on. David Jones.