The tube is the correct size, however the tube needs to be 14". The LHS had nothing usable in aluminum, so I used a brass 3/8"x 12" and used the next smaller size to be used as an extender that is buried in the fuse to make it the needed 14". A bit heavy but worked out just fine. I purchased LJE's landing gear I had to modify the the nose strut to make it a pull pull as the one that came with it is not workable. I haven't flown it yet, but hope to maiden it sometime this week.