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best landing gear.......
Hy guys........ I've almost finished my boomerang nano and I'm looking for landing gear........
which is the perfect match.........
thanks to all
which is the perfect match.........
thanks to all
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RE: best landing gear.......
Hello,
Go for the best Pro-Link
http://dreamworksrc.com/catalog/boom...xe-p-1288.html
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Igor R. Carballal
Go for the best Pro-Link
http://dreamworksrc.com/catalog/boom...xe-p-1288.html
Best regards
Igor R. Carballal
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RE: best landing gear.......
Like IGOR said : PROLINK.
We fly PROLINK in our BOOMERANG ELAN,BOBCAT and BANDIT ( STRUTs ) around 800 flights without any problem, and, the damping system is too soft for airframe in any surface.
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We fly PROLINK in our BOOMERANG ELAN,BOBCAT and BANDIT ( STRUTs ) around 800 flights without any problem, and, the damping system is too soft for airframe in any surface.
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RE: best landing gear.......
flown my boomerang for the past four years from grass on spring air gear no trailing link, cant see the point in spending more than you need to
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A friend used the Spring air gear with wire legs for years on his Boomerang off grass, no problems at all.
When the local trail bike scum dug our field up he fitted big tundra tyres & flew it gear fixed down. - John.
When the local trail bike scum dug our field up he fitted big tundra tyres & flew it gear fixed down. - John.
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Hello:
But the Intairco wheels in that combo are a little heavy, are lighter Air Power wheels. It is just an opinion, the Intairco wheels are very good wheels.
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But the Intairco wheels in that combo are a little heavy, are lighter Air Power wheels. It is just an opinion, the Intairco wheels are very good wheels.
BR from Spain.
Carlos Márquez.
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Carlos has a good point, the whole thing about a Nano is to keep it light and performing well, the intairco wheels are very very heavy when compared to what else is available elsewhere.
Mike
Mike
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I didn't notice it was a Nano, I assumed the bigger model not the 44 powered version.
I can speak first hand here for Springairs, have them on my Bobcat 50. The wire legs
have taken a real pounding from all sorts of fields, same result, if you bend a leg just
straighten it out & keep flying.
The standard Springair wire is just the right hardness, fine for normal use but they bend
if you make a real mess of a landing without breaking any retract parts or ripping the gear
out. Failsafe for loss of pressure - not needed, the spring drives them down & locked on
pressure loss. Simpified hook up, half the number of air lines & seals to leak.
We don't use brakes on these smaller jets, no real problems. Standard, cheapo model wheels
are good enough too. - John.
I can speak first hand here for Springairs, have them on my Bobcat 50. The wire legs
have taken a real pounding from all sorts of fields, same result, if you bend a leg just
straighten it out & keep flying.
The standard Springair wire is just the right hardness, fine for normal use but they bend
if you make a real mess of a landing without breaking any retract parts or ripping the gear
out. Failsafe for loss of pressure - not needed, the spring drives them down & locked on
pressure loss. Simpified hook up, half the number of air lines & seals to leak.
We don't use brakes on these smaller jets, no real problems. Standard, cheapo model wheels
are good enough too. - John.
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I used spring air with wire legs in my intro- had around 50 flights off grass with no issues- Cheap and cheerful.
I used eflite electric with wire legs in my nano off grass-only ten flights before i got bored- again no issues with the gear- (except fitting the nose gear to the nano!)
I dont know anything about the pro lynx but, from my humble experience, id stick with the simplest method and save my money for more expensive gear on more complex models.
I used eflite electric with wire legs in my nano off grass-only ten flights before i got bored- again no issues with the gear- (except fitting the nose gear to the nano!)
I dont know anything about the pro lynx but, from my humble experience, id stick with the simplest method and save my money for more expensive gear on more complex models.
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ORIGINAL: BaldEagel
Carlos has a good point, the whole thing about a Nano is to keep it light and performing well, the intairco wheels are very very heavy when compared to what else is available elsewhere.
Mike
Carlos has a good point, the whole thing about a Nano is to keep it light and performing well, the intairco wheels are very very heavy when compared to what else is available elsewhere.
Mike
All of the wheel sets shown below are 3" sizing. First set is BVM (yes, I know I left the plastic but did not include the screws to balance it out), next is Intairco, then Airpower and finally, some new Pro-Link wheels soon to be released.
Take into consideration that three of these manufacturers tires are Solid Rubber (BVM is Foam Core wrapped in rubber), and Intairco has the most durable durometer rubber, weight difference is FAR from drastic at a mere 2oz.
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RE: best landing gear.......
For a model like the nano you dont need, trailing link legs or brakes all you are doing is making it heavy, fixed gear or retracts with wire legs is more than ample.
Load it up with behotec retract units trailing link legs alum wheels and brakes plus all the gubings to make it work and you just ruin what this little jet is all about.
Load it up with behotec retract units trailing link legs alum wheels and brakes plus all the gubings to make it work and you just ruin what this little jet is all about.
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Hi Todd:
Many thanks for the photos, really not there are too much diference of weight and Intairco are more durable rubbers.
BR from Spain.
Carlos Márquez.
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Many thanks for the photos, really not there are too much diference of weight and Intairco are more durable rubbers.
BR from Spain.
Carlos Márquez.
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http://cmjets.blogspot.com/