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Old 08-25-2007 | 10:58 AM
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LesUyeda
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Default RE: Working shock absorbers?

This is the way I did mine. The airplane is 4.5#; we are flying off of a very rough dirt field, and the gear worked just fine. I found that the inherent friction of the system made viscous damping unnecessary.

Les
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