I replaced my metal gear screws with nylon ones on my Funtana 90 on purpose.

I was tired of having to redo the gear blocks after each of my dead sticks, as I was having periennial problems with the Evolution 1.00NX I used... I grew to HATE this engine!

The nylon screws PERMITS the gear to rip out. This is good for hard landings!

Now the gear rips out, but doesn't damage anything except the point where the wheel pants contact the wings...

This means that all I have to do is replace the wing screws and recover the bottom of the wings after a hard landing.

The collapse of the gear saves the airframe.

On takeoff the Funtana's track VERY well.

The long tails make them easy to run down the runway straight as an arrow.

Takeoffs are not problematic at all.... really deadsticks are not either, if you are not way too far out from the field.

The Funtana's float in nicely for landings.