Looking for Shock Absorbing Landing gear
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RE: Looking for Shock Absorbing Landing gear
It might help if we knew what aircraft it was to be mounted on...
A shock absorbing landing gear can range from an elastic band to an Oleo system.
A shock absorbing landing gear can range from an elastic band to an Oleo system.
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RE: Looking for Shock Absorbing Landing gear
The music wire gear is the most forgiving gear without damaging your plane
http://www3.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin...?&I=LXAUS6&P=7
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Dubro super strength landing gear - takes a beating and will make you look like a PRO landing your plane!
http://www3.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin...&I=LXNM65&P=ML
http://www3.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin...&I=LXNM65&P=ML
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RE: Looking for Shock Absorbing Landing gear
. . .but if you are establishing a correct approach you won't need any shock absorbing; probably the reason why so few airplanes use it.
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RE: Looking for Shock Absorbing Landing gear
gaRCfield has it right. The DuBro landing gear he suggests is the best I have ever used. I use it on my 46FX pusher Canard and my 46FX J3-Cub weighing 7.5 pounds. The gear has nearly flattend on horrible landings and was not hurt or damaged in any way. It is true that if all of your landings are perfect and you never fly in high winds or cross winds and land only once per flight you can get by with less durable gear.
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If you need stronger nose gear then Fults http://www3.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin...FVSEARCH=fults makes very strong stuff.
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RE: Looking for Shock Absorbing Landing gear
if your looking for scale gear then Robart makes a good nose wheel strut for the cherokee.
with scale oleos there great looking and have alot better ground handling than most wire gear,because there quite a bit more rigid, there also alot less forgiving on landings, the travel is small at the piston, there is no give at the retract or gear mount, so a overly hard landing results in ripped up gear,its the trade off for scale looks and performance.
with scale oleos there great looking and have alot better ground handling than most wire gear,because there quite a bit more rigid, there also alot less forgiving on landings, the travel is small at the piston, there is no give at the retract or gear mount, so a overly hard landing results in ripped up gear,its the trade off for scale looks and performance.