Originally posted by kram
But I am mystified by one of the recurrent complaints about the plane on this forum: strength of the gear??? Sure, the gear is kind of light and springy, but come on!, the wing loading on this thing is about the same as two large large bird feathers taped together! How are you guys landing it so as to mess up the gear? Can't you at least stop doing aerobatics for the last 12 inches before you hit the ground!?
mt
I've been flying mine for about 6 months as well. No problems at all with the landing gear because as you say the thing lands so light there is not much loading at all. But it only takes one hard landing to screw things up sometimes and maybe yourself and I are both lucky so far. I do have to laugh about those people that are doing harrier landings that rip on great planes because of the landing gear.