Landing Gear dampners

[jayster10]

Looking for a consensus on whether or not to use the landing gear dampeners on my N5C. Anyone have any input?

[Mike Spano]

what are you referring to Jay?

rubber rings like the old Align helis used to have on their skid tubes? if so, I would say no, they can cause the heli to stick to asphalt instead of slide, causing issues. IMO

[jayster10]

Mike,

Yeah, those are what I am referring to. I was thinking they would be useful to protect the landing gear, but really they are not very expensive so would just replace when needed.

Thanks for the input.

[Mike Spano]

that's what I would do. I promise that if you go to land on asphalt or concrete, and you are not going straight down, they COULD cause a tip over. they probably wont every time, but they could, so I just don't use them, never did.

[cml001]

Skid nuts... Nope!

[Cliff Chmiel]

I like skidding auto too, not for me

[Gabriel Sandoval]

I only run 2 at the rear of the heli and they are not glued in place. I can do a sliding auto no problem with 2 at the rear only.