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m_motorsports
USA
37 Posts |
 Posted - April 25 2006 : 7:00:44 PM
I've got a RX-7 13-B powered Sterling GT and have replaced 6 Electric/Hydrolic Top motors through the years. This system has been totally unreliable with strut leaks, slow action on cold days, and motor burnouts, etc. Has anyone considered an Air Powered system like, I believe some planes use to deploy landing gears? |
Rick
USA
212 Posts |
Posted - April 26 2006 : 8:53:30 PM
There has been extensive discussion of this on the Nova site: www. nova-international.netTo answer your question, no, no one has sucessfully set an air-powered system in place, though one of our club members is experimenting with it. The issue with air power is smoothly controlling the rams - too fast or jerky, and you risk cracking the windscreen. I can't imagine burning through that many motors. I've been running mine for years with no issues, even in the winter. How new is the system, and what parts are they from? Rick 
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Darrel
64 Posts |
Posted - May 01 2006 : 11:34:17 PM
I've owned several Sterlings and Sebrings. The 12 volt linear actuator cylinders used on the Sebrings are hands down the best system I have ever seen. My last Sebring had been on the road almost 20 years (55,000 miles since built) and the cylinders were as fast as the day I installed them. Cold weather had little or no effect on them at all. Linear actuator cylinders are the same ones used to open large gates on estates. They are available from most any W.W. Grainger location. They were simply wired to a power window switch with 20 amp re-settable circut breaker.
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