landing skids

[blahblah9]

anybody ever superglued your landing skid's back together? just curious, as long as you don't give like full negative while sitting on the ground theirs usually no more than heli weight, and usually no weight while flyin unless you hit the ground LOL which is what broke mine in the first place

[ChasHeliCop]

I have drilled a hole in each side of the break, but CA on them, them used a zip tie and then more CA on the zip tie. They broke again, when I had a hard landing, but not in the same place.

[mapleleafs]

i had a clean break on my 500 LG once and used 45min epoxy to glue back together......worked for about 30 flights until i auto in from 40 feet..... and had a not so nice landing, then it snapped.

[blahblah9]

LOL i got it glued and drying. will see what i think about it tomorrow, and see if i'm brave enough to use it till replacement skid's get here

[Skint Eastwood]

not sure you can on a 250 but on bigger helis drill the frame out and plastic zip tie the skids to the frame, they spin off just like in Phoenix and saves them breaking and the frame doesnt break either

[heli-on]

I put Gorilla gear from a 450. Low profile on front and high profile on rear. Jacks the ass end right up.

The tail is way close too close to the ground with the stock gear. Not to mention way too fragile. I broke a brand new set that had no flights on them when I accidentally dropped the heli from doorknob height. The gear should at least be able to handle a fall from that height.

[mapleleafs]

The tail is way close too close to the ground with the stock gear. Not to mention way too fragile. I broke a brand new set that had no flights on them when I accidentally dropped the heli from doorknob height. The gear should at least be able to handle a fall from that height.


I dont agree, that is a pretty high height to just dead drop your micro-heli.......gotta be more careful.

[blahblah9]

i hadn't been able to fix mine LOL it's right their in the bend by the screw hole on both the front and back.. very little resistance breaks it again. oh well maybe they'll be here tomorrow. can't fly till the bearings get here anyways, and it's lookin like friday till i get them

[DesertClimber]

Working on my tail issue today, I set it down hard and broke my gear- The Gaui 200 gear works great if you drill a couple new holes! Got me back to flying so I could fix my tail!

Do it!

[DesertClimber]

Originally Posted by heli-on

Ready to DRAG RACE!!!

[RUSS5468]

I broke mine about a week ago just get your soldering iron and melt the plastic back together works a treat

[skaterx]

Broke mine and there are no replacements around... Took some 450 skids cut them down and screwed the ends off the 250 skids onto them... works really well and are insanely strong. Sorry about the horrible picture.

[kenny.c]

Looks like Align has figured out the skids are weak as they are offering

Helicopters » T-REX 250 Parts Landing Skid H25073
No: P002156


Ken

[gixxerjeff]

I tried boiling my second set in water for 5 minutes to see if it helps.My first set broke just from me yelling at the tail LOL

[heli-on]

Pretty slick mod, skater. I like it.

[mapleleafs]

+1 very nice...great ingenuity.

[dhoff002]

To jack up the tail, I used the gaui 200 tail riser shims, worked great and jacked up the tail nicely.

Dan

[heli-on]

FYI - Grand RC has the (4) packs shown above in stock.

[gixxerjeff]

Another option to the small weak stock skids is a set from an Helimax ax cp,there smaller,not as wide as trex 450 skids,but higher and stronger than the 250 skids

[ferret30]

I've been forgetting to post about this, but I've found a decent way to protect the stock landing gear (figured this out with my Blade CP a long time ago).

Use some wire, string, floss, etc. and tie the skid tubes to each other, at the front, and at the back of the landing gear. This can help prevent the struts from spreading apart and breaking on a hard landing.

I've tried to show this in a pic with my awesome paint skills.