Ok I have a Hobbico Avistar and right out of the box I felt the sprung wire landing gear was way too springy. Well I was right - even with super soft landings so far it's already began to sag and cause the wheels to "toe out".

I don't want to have to mess with bending them every trip to the field.

I want to use an aluminum landing gear like most planes use - something like this..

http://www2.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin...?&I=LXNM65&P=0

Not necessary that just something like it...

Ok here's my question - can I remove the wire landing gear, create a ply doubler or some such on the floor of the fuse and attach something like above with nylon wing bolts - so that when I catch grass (we don't always have low cut grass - or it's fresh cut grass which leaves a lot of stuff to catch on - piles like) I won't rip out the bottom of the fuse.

If I do that about how many nylon wing bolts would be strong enough to hold up under trainer landings yet still shear off when a real bad one crops up?

Or am I totally off my rocker for thinking this? I know I have to get new gear in the front too because the stock piece can't be lengthened to match the height of most aluminum style gears.