Hi Christian,

Congrats for the good flying behaviour of your big Tipo and sorry because of the tips and the wheels, I guess some hours working on your Tipo will heal the wounds.
I could'nt see the nose wheel mount well in the images you attached, because of the position of the camera while taking photographs, but it is obvious that you have used 2 hard wood rails as beam to hold the nose retract, I just wanna say my point of view and maybe it's wrong, I feel there are some weak points which could be a crack starter in the wood rails, as i said maye be these weak point are felt to be just because of the restricted angle of camera. If this pretty tipo was mine I would reinforce these rails whith epoxy and cloth or better with carbon fiber straps which just add a little weight to nose and this excess weight can be nutralized by restoring your elevator trim into its former position.the other more difficault choice would be changing the rails with wider and even reinforced rails in addition to some triangles glued at the coners. I wish no hard landing and no bouncing for your bird.



Ehsan