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Old 08-24-2017 | 05:45 AM
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Originally Posted by Peter A
I did not use these Dubro wheel or these really terrible brakes. I think they are a rip off. Besides how on earth you let a jet roll at high speed on a runway with plastic wheel rims? Jet wheels should have ball bearing equipped rims.
I made a set from Behotec with Behotec brakes since the mains axle is 6mm and used the Intairco nose wheels since the nose axles are imperial and not metric.
I think the wheels I have in a box must be Behotecs having looked at them online, but my goodness are they heavy! Have you flown yours yet and any trouble with the gear retracting? All that weight moving against the airflow including a 90 degree rotation has got to be a lot for the air cylinders to handle.

I am going to install the Dubro wheels. Yes it feels wrong, but I'm going to take Andreas' word for it.