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Old 12-22-2009 | 09:05 AM
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Default RE: U-Can-Do landing gear collapse

Not a bad idea, and I have often wondered the same thing about wing bolts. A force strong enough to shear the bolt is likely to do some real damage to the wing. Best advice is to land softly...

To your point, I had a similar experience. I dead-sticked into the high grass and this broke my landing gear block. My fix was to peal back the monokote around the area and fiberglass in the block from the area where the cooling channel is for the engine (on the bottom) up to the bulkhead in front of the wing. I only went about 1/2 inch up the side of the fuse as I figure most of the force on the landing gear block is front to aft. It has held up very nicely ever since.