Carbon Landing Gear

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2 years 10 months ago - 2 years 10 months ago #24600 by Phil Ford
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My CAP 232 has aluminium landing gear, nice an shiny but not much give in it. Bought a Carbon Copy landing gear that was near the dimensions but when it arrived it was rather a "meaty" landing gear. Probably best suited for 110 inch class planes. Hobby Plastic/Pilot RC had nothing suitable or in stock previously. However, now back in stock was a carbon landing gear for the 88 inch Edge 540V3 that was virtually the CAP's gear dimensions. Cost me £80 though.:( And two holes out of four actually line up with the CAP's! :) Edge 540 88 and my CAP are of similar weight.

My question is, "is it worth during the change over to modify the floor to fit aluminium angle into the fuselage as per Pilot RC/Extreme Flight?"
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2 years 10 months ago #24602 by JonTappin
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Hard question to answer Phil, is it weak enough that it needs it, does the amount of work required make it worthwhile?

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2 years 10 months ago #24603 by Phil Ford
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The Cap is from the Hangar 9 2010 era and nowadays I have noticed that any decent plane has ally plates. I think it is to transmit any pullout forces across the floor plate and fuselage sides on a bad landing.

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2 years 10 months ago #24605 by JonTappin
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I understand what it's for, but it still depends if it's weak as it is at the moment or not?
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