Michael Veroukis

Here's the final product. Thanks again and Happy New Year!

Ok, I had the time to remove the roof, which includes a good chunk of the wing. The problem wasn't exactly what I suspected but pretty close. The problem was related to step 30 on page 29. The two connecting parts were not aligned properly. Surprisingly, the other pieces were still able to connect to that long black piece on step 40, with the result being it was off by 45 degrees. Putting it back together was trickier than tacking it apart. Thankfully these pieces are very bendy and I managed not to break any of them. Thanks for your suggestions guys.

Hey, thanks for the replies. Sorry, I didn't get an email notification so I figured no one replied. Anyway, Pow, I thought that perhaps what you mentioned in step 60 could be the issue, but looking more closely the front and rear landing gear aren't connect via that gear system. I think the issue might be on step 40 (page 33), as Gumalca suggests. How it's connected to that long black (8 hole) piece might be the issue. At least I hope it is. I'll have time later today to take the roof off and see if that's the issue, perhaps it's just connected one hole over. Maybe that's it. Doesn't mean it's a trivial fix, but I'd like to at least diagnose this before ripping everything apart. @Gumalca, yes the front landing gear works perfectly. And yes I did test it, however, the image on page 33 indicates that turning the right-most shaft (with orange arrow) moves the black piece back and forth (which eventually links up to the front landing gear). However, it doesn't really make it clear that the same shaft needs to be in a particular orientation at the end of your little test. And the same on page 46, it indicates that turning the dial should raise/lower the front landing gear, doesn't make it clear that the rear landing gear shaft should be in a particular orientation. I mean, the image does have it in the correct orientation, but it's a shaft that spins and it's not clear that orientation matters here. So ya, a little frustrating. Anyway, thanks again and I'll keep you posted.

Hi everyone, first time poster here. Got a question. Got this set for my son, he did pretty well but is stuck on page 189, step 271. He was able to attach the L shaped piece for the landing gear on the wing (see circled part in the photo attached), however, it's about 45 degrees off what it should be - the long part should be perfectly vertical. And yes, the front landing gear is fully extended. When the wheel to raise/lower the landing gear is spun it does turn the part in question, as well as the front landing gear, so it is all connected. But the fact that it's off by 45 degrees tells me something is not right here. I looked at the instructions and it seems the mechanism for what that shaft attaches to is really early on in the book (around page 29, step 31). Any thoughts as to what to do at this point would be appreciated. This is our first Technic set. I'm a little upset that we create a mechanism so early on in the process and we can't test until we're almost at the end of an 1100+ part puzzle. Some validation should be part of that at an earlier stage. This makes me want to never buy another. Anyway, thanks for taking the time to read this. Any help would be appreciated.