REMitchell,

I too have many flights on the Skylark 70 and I have had NO issues with any of the landing gear. I have flown it on both paved and grass runways, but mostly grass and in many cases, very deep grass (Note video in review).

I have NOT really had any overly hard landings, but not all of them were as gentle as a butterfly either.

I can also state that I am in no way affiliated with Goldberg, or Great Planes. I am a regular flier just like you who does product reviews for RCUniverse. RCU gets a product from a manufacturer or distributor and assigns it to any number of people like me. I just happened to be the one who got the Skylark.

Also worth noting: The Skylark is covered with standard Ultracote. So if you ever did need to open it up, recovering won't be a problem.