Post by Dillzio on Sept 5, 2009 17:29:32 GMT 1
During my extended time grounded while I wait for my new ESC, I've been doing a lot of work on my plane. I've adapted a prop saver and some props to suit, made a nice little reinforceing nut for my spinner from a 1/4 inch adapter, and reinforced the struts on my landing gear with aluminum from a coke can.
I like these struts because they definitely make the landing gear stiffer, but still has a substantial amount of flex to adsorb the force from some of the rougher landings I'll no doubt be making. I've also done the popsicle stick/epoxy reinforcement to my battery box.
I took off the original struts, and made a paper template. I then copied the template on to some aluminium from a coke can, and cut it out a bit smaller, so the edges of the coke can won't protrude beyond the edges of the original struts.
I bent the aluminium with a ruler to match the original struts, and connected them together with two rivets. I then added some araldyte/epoxy to the bottom. I also squashed down the rivets with vice-grips, filed them down a bit, then covered the rivets in epoxy to cover the sharp edges. I put a hole in the struts and tied them to the landing gear with some 120lb fishing line.
It's a very cheap mod, and only takes an hour or so to do. I still need to trim a bit off the bottom of the struts, to prevent them from being able to rub the wheels. Here's the pics:
I like these struts because they definitely make the landing gear stiffer, but still has a substantial amount of flex to adsorb the force from some of the rougher landings I'll no doubt be making. I've also done the popsicle stick/epoxy reinforcement to my battery box.
I took off the original struts, and made a paper template. I then copied the template on to some aluminium from a coke can, and cut it out a bit smaller, so the edges of the coke can won't protrude beyond the edges of the original struts.
I bent the aluminium with a ruler to match the original struts, and connected them together with two rivets. I then added some araldyte/epoxy to the bottom. I also squashed down the rivets with vice-grips, filed them down a bit, then covered the rivets in epoxy to cover the sharp edges. I put a hole in the struts and tied them to the landing gear with some 120lb fishing line.
It's a very cheap mod, and only takes an hour or so to do. I still need to trim a bit off the bottom of the struts, to prevent them from being able to rub the wheels. Here's the pics:
