Dave,

I am not sure that "springs" were in the engineering plan when they designed thsi landing gear, but that sure is what they got. As mentioned earlier, they do tend to toe out so to speak. Even on a normal landing mine tend to bend a bit. I just bend them down as I pick up the plane. I have a buddy who is a machinist. I may take one off and make a template for him so he can make me some new ones that are a little stiffer. I am just concerned that I may put a wheel pant throught the bottom of my wing on a hard landing.

The good thing is the landings seem to be getting better. I am putting the wheels down with more airspeed and then just bleeding off speed with a small amount of up elevater. The toe out condition of my gear helps slow me down as well.

I have gotten several compliments about her looks. The guys at the field really like the wide body and big cowling.

Adam