Originally Posted by
scalebirdman
Using my handy bathroom scales, it took roughly 50lbs of pressure to get the oleos to move. so maybe if you land in a power dive you could get them to move a fraction of a second before the airframe explodes.
I have ordered a selection of springs from Ali Express of varying wire sizes and hopefully I can give you guys a more workable solution that results in actual functioning oleos.
I initially ordered 12mm dia. springs, but those turned out to be a fraction of a mm too large to fit. Expecting a new shipment of 11mm dia. springs any day now.
Yeah I will probably pass on trying that approach vector.
That would be great info to have. McMaster Carr have good selection but won't ship O/S, I can get sent to a friend in the US and on shipped if need be.
Will be interesting to see what the quality of the springs from aliexpress are like.
cheers
me