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Old 07-24-2007 | 07:30 PM
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Woody 51
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Default RE: CMP P-26

Hi Guys,
The landing gear fix is possible, but you will need to remake it entirely.
The main problem is that the original gear design in the kit does not absorb any shock, but transmits it right into the wings, causing erosion of the mounting holes.
I redesigned mine to allow the gear to "torque" and absorb some of the shock as you can see in the attachment. I am no artist, but I hope the drawing gives you the general "drift" of the science.
The other problem I faced was that the slots for mounting the wire were different on each wing. That did not help and my 1st attempt was a failure. Had to re do it and carefully measure each side and bend and cut to measure.
Overall, the kit looks great, flies o.k. but needs some getting used to. It is a Warbird, not a general Sports Model. Landings need to be "hot" because that big blunt cowl acts like a flying brick when you slow down, and there in lies the problem with a weak undercart.
Quality wise, the little things like the lack of uniformity of the landing gear wire slots, the small quality things like what pdansalvish is finding, bits missing from the kit etc (mine was missing the cockpit windscreen and the flying wire) are a turn off for me from going with this manufacturer (CMP) again. (Not even VMAR gives you those issues.)
It was marketed in the USA by "Giant Scale Planes" at one time. I am not sure who markets it there now.

N.B. I used plastic covered wire fishing line for the flying wires, also fishing traces in lieu of turnbuckles (easier to unfasten when removing the wing from the fuselage) and did NOT mount the ones on the tail, simply because the real thing never had any wires or bracing on the tail anyway.
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