Has any shoe string racer flyer moved the main landing gear foward because of tipping over? A friend of mine felt he had to do it. Anyone else?
Jeff

Have you tried reversing the gear? This seems to be a common problem

Thanks for the reply. Has reversing the gear really helped to prevent tipping over? I've never heard of doing this. Is there a definite "leading and trailing edge to the supplied gear?
I'd also like some feedback on engine and prop selection. I'm not going to be doing any 3-d aerobatics. Mostly "barnstorming" kind of flying. Immelmans, 8s touch and gos.
Thanks
Jeff

I am about to order a shoestring and have been researching this site for info. Also trying to decide on engine/muffler. I plan on flying scale- like aerobatics, and laps around 100 mph. Want to use a 2-stroke with a Pitts style muffler.Slimline and Bisson both make mufflers which fit up to the OSFX .61 and .91. I think the .61 may not be enough. The .91 is actually a tad lighter, but i keep hearing about problems that some are having with the .91 leaning out either due to lack of backpressure from the muffler, or O-ring leakage at the carb. I am also considering the Tower .75 ABC which might be the perfect size for this plane, and am told that either the Slimline or Bisson large chamber for the OSFX.91will fit up to the center mounting holes with a little filing but the exhaust port and muffler opening are not the same dimensions,and don't know it it's worth worrying about. Still researching. There are a number of shoestring threads on this site that you might want to check out. Go to search on the ARF page and type in GP Shoestring. And yes, the main gear should be canted foreward.

My gear are correctly installed (w/wheelpants on) and I have never nosed over on my grass runway.

Yak

something is wrong if you are nosing over with this plane. full up elevator while taxiing never a problem. are you severly nose heavy ?

Sweet flying airplane.
I have never had any nose-over problem with the stock set up on a not so great grass field.

An OS61FX is plenty for most fliers( Brisson pitts muffler) with an APC 13x6 prop 10% nitro.

Even with this fairly light powerplant setup mine needed 6 oz in tail to balance. I suspect many of these flying are nose heavy.

My favorite ARF.

Scott

I have a few flights on my new Shoestring. The .61FX/Bisson Pitts/Zinger 12-6 is plenty of engine for this hot rod. In fact, I like to throttle back to about half, switch to low rates and just enjoy the smoothness and manoverability. Then throttle 'er up, back to high rates and HANG ON!

Mine balanced perfectly with the receiver and battery pack behind the servos as per the instructions. No tendency to nose over at all.

Bill

I have the gear on correctly and an OS 91FX in the nose. Never nosed it over. This is one of the sweetest, most forgiving planes you can fly. I got it to tumble end over end over end this weekend. Way cool. The little bart dude lost it all over the inside of the windshield!

``The little bart dude lost it all over the inside of the windshield``


Ah hah ah!!

Serge

I use an OS-61FX with a Slimline Pitts muffler and a APC 12x8 prop.Great flying plane!