ORIGINAL: Jeffpro
Anybody have any tips for building great (yet unobtrusive) wing skids? I fly off a paved runway, and every time a plane tips over, the tip of the wing gets scuffed up. I've tried a lot of different things, so far with mixed results:
1) Great Planes nylon wing skids - Not durable enough. They wear down like an eraser and have to be replaced often.
Please don't take this too personally as I mean no offense.
But if you are wearing nylong wing skids down that fast, then I think the real problem may be your landing technique. With that, I'd suggest more landing practice before over-engineering a bandaid fix for the real problem. Besides, isn't flying more fun than repairing?