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Old 05-25-2018 | 05:41 AM
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Originally Posted by FlyerInOKC
I think that is a common with most Top Flite kits the Cessna 182 had all liteply in the gear area. I used the original pieces as patterns to recut the pieces out of real plywood. I shoot for as soft a landing as possible but I wasn't dippy enough to think I could get by with liteply.
I had a really nice smooth landing all setup, touchdown was silky, then the left wheel hit a gopher hole. Bent the strut, but no damage to the wing. It's times like this that you know you got it right!
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