Resurrecting an old thread in hope of some pointers/help.
Been flying the Reactor that I acquired about a year+ back from someone local to me . Powered by a DA 50. Flies awesome. So awesome that I was so engrossed that the last flight I ran out of fuel.

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Executed a tail wind dead stick landing that would have been described text book but for the model running in to the rough beyond the the grass runway. At a minimum I expected the prop to be busted. Walked up to retrieve the model and the prop was unscathed. But the roll out on rough surface had stressed the undercarriage mount plate that had fractured and the stresses were transferred to fuse sides and the undercarriage legs were bent to some extent.
The model is all repaired now and ready to be flown. But I am having second thoughts about the stock alloy gear. The reason being that once the alloy starts splaying/bending it will not remain rigid as the original tempered alloy material.
Therefore my shout out for help and suggestions.
1. Has anyone used a any off the shelf carbon gear on the Reactor 160?
2. What if I get an aftermarket carbon gear, that is nearest in dimensions and cut it out in the center to make it a two piece gear with the cut portion sealed with CA and then epoxy? I guess it should work minus the sweep back of the original.
Look forward to considered views please