Hi David!
I think you are wrong: It was not Wolfgang who had probs with his gear in Thailand. He didn't manage to start his engines in round 3 because they were flooded with kero and the glowplugs were on the bottom. What a lucky guy...

. It was Dave from Thailand who had the problems in round 2, but managed to fly it in round three.
He now flies his 2nd MiG with the hydraulic-gears and Inever saw them fail. I know of another guy here in germany who already flew his Mig with original gear and built a second one for the japanese AMT-distributor. Maybe I can get his e-mail or phine-number to ask him how he managed to get it work.
Greetings,
David