Tetherite Landing Gear
The attached photo shows my Yak 65 sitting on the medium size gear that I bought after having to bend the original Aluminum gear back into shape too often. The plane weighs a smidgen over 8 pounds and bends the gear to a point that the wheels look definitely cock-eyed. This is purely an aesthetic problem since the gear flexes beautifully on landing and shows no sign of wear or damage.
My question is has anyone epoxied a thin layer of carbon strip to the underside of the gear (tension-stressed) to reduce the flexing? This would be quite simple since the area is large and flat.
Thanks,
Herb