I intentionally put the gear on backwards on my 4*60 after watching another one bounce a lot upon landing. I don't have any problems with nosing over on our grass field, and I like the looks better. I rarely bounce a landing with it, but I don't know for sure if the gear position helped. I have the CG at the rear-most point shown on the plans. It is not the least unstable that way, and balances easily. Theoretically tracking is better with the gear back. Jim