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Old 10-27-2017 | 10:39 AM
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Some more tips on your gear mounting.

Make sure you know what the distance will be from the tire on the ground to whatever reference you want on the outboard retract mount. In other words, you want to make sure the planes sits correctly. Bandits can be tricky to rotate and they can also drag the tails on landing so you don't want to inadvertently change the main gear length. Your mains look a little short to my eye. And make sure that the main wheels track straight when extended before you permanently glue everything in, very important

If you can, go ahead and get 3 inch tires to fit. Also, double up the carbon fiber gear mounts, the stock are too weak for my taste, I know guys that run aluminum, home made mounts that will bend instead of break, I use titanium mounts because that sounds very cool :-)

Sorry you used a dremel to cut those panels out, that is a tough way to do it and you can really make a mess, I use a razor saw, see the picture. You tack glue a brass fence along the cut line and cut with a razor saw

The spanwise tilt of the gear is correct, and get the tires as deep into the wing as possible. They must touch the upper skin to get everything to fit.

I like the older bandit but I prefer the fuel in the super, you can get almost one gallon
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