Originally Posted by
werner sline
the hit was on the front tire ? then yeah , it broke in a strange way. I think most of the time the hingepin bend and dislocate itself. I had a handfull of landing directly on the nose and nothing broke so far but the hingepins bent and the arms stretched.
Maybe the aluminium part had a weakness
Yea the hit was on the front tire. Last week I did hit that left side a few times pretty hard so maybe the aluminum had some micro fractures/cracks and it finally gave. The hinge pin did bend too so who knows. Kind of a freak break if you so me ha. Oh well!!