jongurley,,,,,

the original gear will not work. It is too weak to hold the plane, and the side to side movement will cause contact with the wheel pants. Also, even with the smoothest of smooth landing the Gee Bee will have a tendence to nose over. Why,,,,the gear moves back when they contact the runway and lock on the pants. And, if you get a good landing and the Bee doesn't tip over, it is really hard to control the roll out because the gear starts moving from side to side....So,,,good luck with the stock gear...

I finally gave up on mine and I fly off a very smooth runway and bought the Robart gear which solved all the problems.