ORIGINAL: Dave Wilshere

Guys

Just finished a so so weekend flying the Flash at the British Nats show line, poor organisation this year made it hard to get a flight, so I only managed 5 flights in the two days.
One possible problem I will speak with Comp ARF about is that the retract/oleo pins were very hard and hence brittle.
I had a fast/messy landing on Saturday and braking harder than I would have liked skidded the aeroplane side ways on a very grippy runway surface and a pin snapped.
Only a tiny mark on the wing and tail tip as it was nearly stopped.
Looking at the pin which only took five minutes to replace it is very hard material. I replaced mine with 6mm silver steel which will give slightly.
This is worth looking at for anyone with the stock gear.

Dave Wilshere