I broke my jeff williams cf gear on a MILD bounce on takeoff, only the third time out! (just this last sunday). But............here's why I think they broke so easy..........I always use 1/4-20 nylon bolts to mount landing gear on 40 size planes, so there is a weak point, and the nylon bolts break before the lg rip half the fuse apart........well the jw cf gear aren't wide enough ( about 1" ) so you only have about 1/4" on each side of the bolts.........well, at the time of installation, I didn't think much of it, they're carbon fiber, right? The "bounced" takeoff didn't even break the nylon bolts!


Just a heads up! I'm sure the gear hold up with a smaller hole drilled in them. (don't know how you guys deal with the fuse ripping problem?)

So I ordered some krazy legs sun night ( he was watching the spurs game, oops!) I got them today and just finished installing them.


Just curious, does anyone know if Jeff W. makes his gear with epoxy resin or polyester, it didn't seem like epoxy to me, may have something to do with their breaking? ( I don't want to plant seeds of doubt about their quality, I know a lot of planes out their have them, just don't drill a 1/4" hole in 'em)