My landing gear got ripped off
12-07-2008, 05:50 PM
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My landing gear got ripped off
Well today I decided to take the camera; glad I did. I was the first one to be at the field;thought I was gonna be by myself. Kevin pulled up while I was on my first flight. So it was just him and me today. I landed and took some pics of him flying. Day goes on and my last flight I had a deadstick; turned a lil early cause I low on altitude touched down a foot short of the runway.[:@] Grass grabbed my gear and I glided down onto the field. The grass outside the runway isnt very tall; I thought I would be ok with 3.5 in wheels.
Now I am faced with a decision; get some square PVC or buy a servo and put everything in my second plane or put everything into my 3 channel combat.
pics Kevin's Giles -202
Now I am faced with a decision; get some square PVC or buy a servo and put everything in my second plane or put everything into my 3 channel combat.pics Kevin's Giles -202
12-07-2008, 05:58 PM
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RE: My landing gear got ripped off
Gutter pipe is easy to repair. Just use PVC glue and a few spare pices from what you cut out before to reinforce the cracks. All my SPADs get a plywood plate inside the fuse for the landing gear to help spread the load out.
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12-08-2008, 02:15 PM
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RE: My landing gear got ripped off
All of the above and also use the nylon screws, they will break befor the fuse does. also on spadworld, a guy there makes a larger plate on the aluminum part, then rubberbands on the whole thing. it has plenty of cushion and it wont break anything, BTW nice deb!!
