Originally Posted by
hELllNino
makes sense to me... two vehicles that weigh the exact same, but mass is centralized in one and not in the other, will handle completely different. that is why people are using saddle packs, and getting results.
also, if anyone is still figuring out the whole chassis brace thing, i bought a tail boom support (pack of 2) for an align trex 600 heli, cut off one end and drilled out the plastic end piece, cut the rod to size and epoxied it back on to the length i needed. it wasn't much work at all, and the pack of two support rods was 7 bucks. so i can make another one to have a spare.
it basically turned out the same as the guys starting with carbon rods and using the rc8 shock ends, but i got TWO for 7 bucks. do i win for cheapest brace?
Good Idea, but I wonder if you could have gotten one of the ends off using some acetone. Then you could clip one end off right at the end cap, then soak it until the CA unbonds, clean it up then cut the other end of the shaft to size and cap it there instead of having to epoxy which I don't think will hold up very long.
I've tried to fix carbon landing gear before using epoxy but they always snapped off, but would get me though one landing or so (better to crash land than to not fly in my opinion) not worth undoing what you've already got as it's not really a problem if it breaks, but might be good to add a zip tie around the belt gard so if it does break the sticks won't come out and act like pole vault
