The Landing gear is composite and has a great looking high gloss finish. It is a two piece gear and is secured using two hex bolts per side. The blind nuts that the bolts mate too are preinstalled and line up perfectly.

My motto is if a plane has wheel pants, then I am going to use them. It is pure aesthetics, but I love the look they give. It is a bit tricky as I have Neanderthal hands, but a with a little patience I was able to get them together. I do like that the pants are held to the gear by compression. While the pant is tight, in the event it gets bumped it will rotate. You can certainly add a retaining screw through the gear and into the pants themselves, but I like the designed way much better.

Due to my field conditions, I used a wheel that was one size larger for more clearance of the wheel pants. I had it on hand and didnt want to see the pants being dragged through the grass. The installation procedures did not change at all.

While I am at it, I went ahead and opened up an air exit for the hot air to escape. Rule of thumb is to make the outlet twice the size of the inlet (cooling holes in the front). This creates a vacume and actually draws air out.