Warwix

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Yep, myself and others have done just that. Many have gone ahead and swapped out both the stock retract mechanical mechanism along with the stock struts. Idecided to stay with the stock mechanical retracts and modify them to accept 3/16" music wire and then used the Robart 3/8" straight robostrut (part 650). To keep the weight gain to a minimum, Ikept the stock foam wheels as well which has allowed me to continue the use of my retract servo without any issues as of this date. If you do decide to upgrade to the robostruts, be ready to also modify the stock wheel wells as they won't allow the new struts to retract flush into the wing. There are multiple posts as well as pictures if you look back through this thread, but the bottom line is that anyone that decided to upgrade the struts has gained a great deal of reliability in the planes ability to taxi, take off and land.