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Post by alextronique on Jul 22, 2010 16:03:27 GMT 1
Hy Mates... Here a little part i made for my landing gear. I made it from a sheet of Markalon Lexan, virtually unbreakable. Can be paint. I have test it on my local park where i broke all my other landing this one have resist. Also resist to my cub friend on my country. Let me know what do you think!!!    |
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Post by flydiver on Jul 23, 2010 2:35:14 GMT 1
It's beautiful.
I think you'll tear out your battery box unless you reinforced it.
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Post by alextronique on Jul 23, 2010 3:05:53 GMT 1
It's beautiful. I think you'll tear out your battery box unless you reinforced it. Thx you!! For the battery box no problem with my old cub with 60 flight and more. No hard landing but sure is better to reinforced it for all cub anyway. |
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Post by john66 on Jul 23, 2010 11:42:01 GMT 1
Nice work Alex, what tools did you use to cut and bend it?
John
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Post by alextronique on Jul 23, 2010 18:04:44 GMT 1
Cut with a pair of metal sheet scissor, bent with a heating machine for lexan.
thx for the comment its appreciate...
and if someone dont have tool or material to do same, shoot me pm i can ship you a set for low cost with no problem, just for helping Cub guy...
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Post by charliebrown on Jul 27, 2010 8:34:22 GMT 1
Looks good.
How thick is the Lexan?
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Post by rcfast123 on Aug 4, 2010 19:15:22 GMT 1
Looks like a pimped out cruiser! Nice work.
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Post by vdub1968 on Aug 29, 2010 22:40:05 GMT 1
i used your idea and it works super. I did mod my battery box so it would withstand the extra pressure. ;D
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Post by Dillzio on Aug 30, 2010 9:57:04 GMT 1
very nice work. Looks a lot lighter than my aluminium landing gear struts too. You should mass produce them and sell them here and on ebay  ) I don't suppose you'd know how much postage to Australia would be? Although, now that I think about it, I might be better off with some more weight in my cub. It can get pretty windy down here. |
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Post by Legot on Sept 5, 2010 9:44:56 GMT 1
lexan? the same kind the car guys use correct? does it flex as much as theirs or is this kind stiffer? it looks really cool  |
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Post by higgsbosonman on Sept 14, 2010 21:49:40 GMT 1
i just used lexan for the sets of fins on one rocket i just built, and i used thick stuff like alextronique. it' doesn't really want to flex, but it will move about 1/4 of an inch for a 2.5 inch fin. it's not very flexable stuff. lucite may be more flexable, but i don't know.
those look neat. they'll never break!
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