Alternate landing Gear

[RandyK]

Has anyone come up with an alternate landing gear set that is a bit stronger, doesn't sag, and is a bit higher. These stock gear just really don't cut it. I have already put spacers in to raise the ship but it would be nice to have factory set that does not sag.

Thanks in advance

[steffgiguere]

What exactly do you mean by sagging? I've had the same set of landing gear for over a year on my E7 and the vertical fin still doesn't touch the ground.

[RandyK]

Thats very interesting, This is a brand new ship which I just completed awaiting good weather to fly. The vertical fin just barely clears the work bench by 1/2" inch. I wonder if the material was slightly changed during the mold process ?

[Rodney Kirstine]

Which model is it?  N7 maybe?

[RandyK]

Yes its the N7

[Mike Spano]

i have heard a few guys say this, but my helis have never had an issue. i think it may be temperature related. where do you live? i live in AL, and my skids dont sag until i crash them! lol

[Rodney Kirstine]

I just sanded a bit off of the end of my tail fin until it didn't touch the ground when on a hard surface.  I don't mind having mine a little long because it works out better when taking off and landing on grass, that way.

[steffgiguere]

You are right the N7's fin does stand closer to the ground than the other Synergy helis. I know a few guys who shimmed the rear landing gear. I have not maybe because the landing pads at my field are very flat.

[flyalan]

I have never had any issues with the landing gear "sagging".  Can you post a pic of what your landing gear looks like sitting on the bench.

Cheers

Alan

[RandyK]

Thanks for the all feedback, Well after all the feed back what I finally decided to do is shim the frame up a bit, and I used a heat gun to bend the gear in a bit. I least now I have about 1 1/2" clearance. If this doesn't provide me with a reliable fix, Ill guess I take the suggestion of shaving down the fin just a bit.

[Mike Dipalo]

My N7 does it to.

The problem likely comes in due to the heavier storage weight of the N7 compared to an E7. The N7's AUW is lighter than an E7, but I'm willing to bet no one here stores their heli with a full 12s sitting in it. It doesn't help the N7 tail sits lower.

To deal, you can take a few zip ties or something similar to compress the rear struts during storage. For day to day usage, the struts should sit higher. You'll see gasser guys do this in order to deal with the heavy airframes squatting during storage.

[RandyK]

 Hey  Commodore8888, thats a good point. I have already started using Velcro after I heated the gear a bit to keep them in place

[Rob Cherry]

The N7 doesn't actually sag any more than the other models. Rather the boom in the design is lower because the transmission is flipped upside down which relocates the tail closer to the ground. The model doesn't have a forward rake in the design so the landing gear "unsprung" weight will put the tail fin at or near ground level in respect to the plane of the landing gear.

 

[Josh Moen]

I echo Rob's comment and if my memory serves me the N7 fin is also a few mm longer than the others. They are different part numbers.

[Matt Botos]

20mm longer which is to keep the tail blades out of the grass. 

Matt