Solderless Landing Gear: Easy-to-build shock-absorbing setup
This solderless landing gear not only reduces stress on the model, but, as the name implies, it can also be built without having to solder any of the wire parts. Here’s what I did for my Balsa USA 1/4-scale Fokker Triplane. Make a long box structure to fit into your model’s landing gear sub-wing. To form the box structure, three AC plywood support blocks, or “knuckles,” are glued to three light plywood strips. This supports...
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