Originally posted by TOMAPOWA
Wow! Funny, my ME looks just like yours!
Moral: Don't fly 3D is your engine is not runnig good! Low, inverted, engine cough, pull full up,.. and it pancaked the field, just missing the high grass (of course). The landing gear literally tore the nose off the plane when it hit. A winter project.
Oops. Forgot a few things. I would certainly mount the landing gear with nylon bolts vice metal (simply so it will shear, not shearing the nose off). Of course, I used metal like a dummy. I guess you could also beef up on the inside of the fuel tank compartment, such as epoxing in a few feet of triangular stock, particularly where the back fuel tank firewall meets the fuselage.
Some one also asked whether this flies good 3D with an OS46fx. Yes, it does and it does it well. This was a new OS46fx I was using but I eventually found out that a portion of my rack used for transportation was rubbing against the needle valve. I usually check it every flight but the day I pancaked it, I didn't (in a rush of course) and it must had been a bit rich. I used a Zinger 12x5 with good success. Hovers better/easier than the UCD3D 60. I hope my new UCD3D 40 size flies as well as the ME. We'll see.