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Old 05-01-2016, 07:01 AM
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Originally Posted by Dan33klein

Here is the landing gear. Rubber bands need to go between the two pieces of wire that comes to a point. You would have to take the gear apart and install the rubber bands then braze it back together again from what I can tell. The glass cloth at tower is back ordered. I will try to source some elsewhere.
I don't have pics, but that is the same style as my SW. I used elastic cord to bind those pieces together. That allowed some "give" in the LG, on landings.

Some builders solder a piece of wire, to provide something for rubber bands to attach to. No brazing is necessary, in my view.