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Old 03-07-2012, 08:04 AM
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Default RE: Giant Model Products Introduces a 50cc GeeBee R3 ARF

ORIGINAL: lou1947

I have the GEE BEE R3 from Giant Model Products and flew it for the first time this week. The plane flies very well,however the wheel pants are not very sturdy and took a beating after three smooth three point landings. The wire landing gear flexes and hits the thin fiberglass wheel pants and has cracked them.I need to get some new wheel pants and figure a way to reinforce the new ones.(I hear that they are on backorder).Anythoughts on how to reinforce them?Thanks

You may want to try reinforcing the inside of the wheel pants with fiberglass cloth. Cut the cloth to fit, mix up some 30 minute epoxy, dilute the epoxy with alcohol, place the cloth in the desired areas and then brush the epxoy on.
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