ORIGINAL: min$2crash

Thanks for that TNT update, Maynardrupp:

In the interest of weight savings.....while you are talking to them:
I see that TNT will use real 6061-T6 aircraft aluminum, T6 means that it is hardened.
In that case, the gear won't have to be as thick???!
All aluminum weighs about the same per cubic inch....so to save any weight, it would have to be thinner.

My guess is that the ''substantial enough looking'' gear with this ARF just suffers from being low grade aluminum that wasn't or can't be hardened.
All in all, I have found the gear that I got from Phoenix to be survivable, just needing to be straightened every 30 flights or so during my ~200 landings.
(I liiiiiike doing touch 'n' goes!!!) I'd imagine, based on many subjects about kit variations in this thread, that some of us got softer gear than others.
On top of that, some of us ''plop'' land more often than others. So the needs and desires of the group vary widely, just read a few posts!

PS: Manymost of ''us'' probably just want dimensionally identical gear in less sucky aluminum- but some (me for sure) would probably be interested in a thinner gauge aluminum at ''today's'' strength.
This gear weighs 6.5 oz ''wheels, axles, collars & all'' and 4.15 of that is the aluminum. If we lose just 25% of the thickness and use hard aluminum, thats an OUNCE!!
By contrast my Modeltech Magic (~4lb) has Gear that is taller and wider (a.ka.bigger) and weighs just 3.2 oz same Ø wheels and all. (That is made of brazed steel rod and is less pretty.)
I know the Magic has gear which is legendary for breaking but when a buddy made them out of decent steel and braze, they worked great.

Time to baste the Turkey- enjoy, y'all!