It didnt hold up like I expected. I went back to the regular gear. I plan on revisiting the landing gear issue soon. What i did was the dowel and aluminum tubing thing also. For the front and rear of the skid I made those sections aluminum The front and rear struts were of a thicker gauge wire which were L-shaped at the bottom like the stock LG. I put slots in the dowel that the L shaped ends would fit in and I slid the aluminum pieces over them. I even slotted the aluminum pieces so that they would slide over the gear and kinda lock in place. I probably should have either epoxied or CA'ed the aluminum pieces over the L-shaped ends. I noticed that the aluminum wore out pretty quick from take off and landings on concrete. There are some things that I realize that I could have done differently and will the next time I revisit this mod which I shall do soon.