RE: lightning struts
Joe, we went ahead with the stock Intairco stuff.
They are heavy, so one day we decided to mill out a nice circle pattern in the hub to lighten them up.
To our surprise on the first hole, when the end mill started going in, the hub is hollow! [X(] All the weight is in the tire.
We went ahead for aesthetics and continued the hole patterns.
Dave, I respectfully disagree, the reason there is such curiousity in other gear configurations is that the behotec gear is crap. Just try to toe in the wheels. Because there is no scissor in the strut, there is more than a 1/4" play in the tires in relation to the strut. On the retracts, the aluminum for the air cylinder is so thin, that when they thread it, the air cylinder snaps at the thread.
I SENT A RETRACT TO RAY LABONTE FOR A REPLACEMENT BECAUSE OF THIS PREMATURE FAILURE, AND MORE THAN A MONTH LATER, RAY LABONTE HAS NOT CALLED ME BACK, OR SENT A REPLACEMENT.
AND THAT JUST CHAPS MY ASS.
As far as I'm concerned, he can keep the damn thing cause it's a piece of shyte anyway, and I would not wish it on any of my jet buds.
When you are putting 10 flights on a lightning in a day, you need much beefier gear than the behotec crap.
MY HUMBLE OPINION, BUT FEEL FREE TO TELL ME WHERE I'M WRONG. [>:]