jbrundt

my mods to the gear fairings were blocks of wood glued to the inside of the fairings for strap screws to anchor and a block of wood 1/2"X1/2"X1/4"on the inside where the axil goes through the glass. The axil whole on one side was becoming enlogated from vibration.

After a few landings the rear of the wheel pants were starting to drag due to the wire struts bending forward and I had to remove them and restraighten them.


I hold the fiberglass pan on with tape as I am still looking at gear mods.

I replaced the pushrods with heavy plastic in plastic rods


The engine you mention should be great. Everything I have read on this site talks about needing power and speed to fly. You will be suprised at its slow speed stability. I still do wheel landings as the model tends to bounce if you try to do a full stall landing
Due to the fueslage shape It tends to crab more than anything I have ever flown in a crosswind and It does do nice spins and stops spinning as soon as you release the sticks

I used the original wheels for the first few flights but have gone to a more scale wheel.