ORIGINAL: bdavison
Its just for asthetics really. I thought it looked cool and kinda personalized it.
Also the silicone tubing is longer than the rod sticking down on the tail, so if you tail strike it, it gives it a little bounce instead of a hard thwack.
Same for the landing gear. If you cut it to the right length, it's sort of like shocks on the landing struts.
You say it’s sort of like shocks on the landing struts, are you saying that you cut the gear rod and the silicone bridges between the two to act as a shock?
Are the struts glued in?
While I have you Mr. Davison thanks so much for all you are doing and have help with posts on the Blade. I/we really appreciate it.