Like most others I did not like the front and aft orientation of the gear and the 5/32 material they were made of. I also did not like how far behind the CG they were located. After reading how poorly the stock gear blocks were glued to the wing structure my decision to cut them open was easy. Here are a few pics of my revised gear block install and new 3/16 fixed gear. The new position of the gear is about 3” forward of the stock location in addition to utilizing the torque rod advantage. This puts the gear about 2” behind a 10.5” CG which I’m hoping will work out well. Just to let anyone know that may be using the stock gear block setup, while I can’t speak for every kit, mine would have failed very quickly. This is definitely a very neglected area of this model from the factory.