My opinion about the landing gear is this.
If the landing gear plates are strong enough ( and I'll probably try to strengthen them) then the struts are most definitely strong enough to handle most "good" landings. With this style of landing gear setup what you want is the weakest point to be the struts. ON a "not so good" landing that's hard enough to break something, then you want the strut to break. If the plate is strong enough and holds at this point then all you do is insert a new strut and you're good to go.

I've been watching Nat Penton's setup for several years now and when he has had a mishap that broke anything, it has been the strut that broke. In case you're not familar with his setup, Nat runs his landing gear struts through the foamcore wings, has for years.

we all have seen ( as stated above by someone ) the blade type gear break & the landing gear plates break. Not fun to repair.

Eric - thanks for the explanation on installing the wing adjusters.

Eddie