Nose Gear for Rough Field Ops
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Nose Gear for Rough Field Ops
I am looking for advice on a tough nose gear to put on a 40 size model. I have a tail dragger in the works which is a better solution but right now the house is under construction so no building for a while. The runway has been taking a beating from trucks delivering material so we won't do any work on it until the house is done. Landings sometimes involve hitting rocks up to 2 inches in diameter and bent nose gear is common. Anyone have any recommendations for a tougher unit I could install?
Here is a YouTube clip of the first flights off the property. Not one of my finer days of RC Flying!
[link=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=csftRjVXoDc]Rough Field Ops[/link]
Here is a YouTube clip of the first flights off the property. Not one of my finer days of RC Flying!
[link=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=csftRjVXoDc]Rough Field Ops[/link]
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RE: Nose Gear for Rough Field Ops
http://fultstooling.com/page7.htm the dual strut gear are pretty tough
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Your servo will thank you for adding this to the connecting rod:
http://www3.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin...&I=LXD646&P=RF
Anchor the linkage in shorter intervals, avoiding buckling under sudden compression stresses.
http://www3.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin...&I=LXD646&P=RF
Anchor the linkage in shorter intervals, avoiding buckling under sudden compression stresses.
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RE: Nose Gear for Rough Field Ops
ORIGINAL: Bundubasher
Hey, since you are building, why not make a large pond in front of your house and fly floatpalnes.... [img][/img]
Cheers
Hey, since you are building, why not make a large pond in front of your house and fly floatpalnes.... [img][/img]
Cheers
Grosbeak.. Thanks for that photo. Turns out I just bought one that is very similar to that.... probably a Chinese copy as it is not a Sullivan product. Haven't had time to put it on yet but need to do it so I can shoot some more aerial video.
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Ain't that the truth! We have had about 70 dump trucks and 4 cement trucks down the runway so it is packed hard and all the stones on the traveled portion are pushed down. So..... rather than larger wheels I now have smaller stones! Can't fly though due to building materials in the way and just being too busy planning and supervising.