Sonnich

In my experience a wire leg with a spring in it (eg. springair) usually works best on smaller models flown from grass. The leg will bend and absorb the landing shock whereas the oleo strut will transmit the shock into the mount and expose any weakness there.

I found this with my 'roo and have not used oleos from grass since. The worst you will usually do is bend the wires which can be starightened in seconds.

Anyway, glad the Hawk flew well and damage is minor.

John