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The gear legs bend easily, causing the retracts to bind, and causing me to have to bend them back, stressing the retract mount area of the wing.
Order the "Super Strut Tool" from Central Hobbies, which would allow you to bend the struts back without stressing the retract mount area of the wing. Central Hobbies no longer list this item on their website, but they still sell it if you phone in and ask.
Titanium struts can't be bend like your ordinary music wire. I tried bending a titanium strut once, and it snapped since Titanium is fairly brittle.