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chopper_crazy
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Location: Delphos, Ohio

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My field is grass so I don't use them outside especially on nitro birds because once they get oil on them, all they do is slide up and down the skid. On smaller electrics like the 250, 450, 500 I use them so that I can take off of a gym floor.

It's a complex, costly, glow powered anti-gravity machine!
11-03-2009 05:48 PM
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jackheli
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Location: Vancouver - Canada

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slide up and down the skid

Just use a plastic tie-wrap around the skid to hold the stops in place.



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11-03-2009 07:35 PM
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Rick_H
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Location: Boulder City, Nevada

My Posts This: Topic  Forum		I never use the skid stops, I don't like tip overs. I put some JB Weld on the bottom of the skids on the plastic, It is great for sliding autos and when it wears down just add some more. The skids never wear out.

Rick
11-03-2009 07:59 PM
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uh-1hdude
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Location: Somerset KY

My Posts This: Topic  Forum		Good and bad

Good - on some heli's it seems to help a tiny bit with ground resonance / dance.

Bad - very easy to trip a skid
11-03-2009 08:55 PM
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reddragon
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Location: Brooklyn, N.Y.

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I never use the skid stops, I don't like tip overs.

Interesting. I've used them for years and I've never had a tip over.

Wayne -- Fly it like you stole it!
11-04-2009 01:29 AM
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FloridaHeli
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Location: jacksonville, florida

My Posts This: Topic  Forum		I'm told in south Florida they drill a hole in the bottom of the plastic strut where it circles the skid tube. Then screw in a button head 3mm screw. The button head is round and does not hang up on concrete but does take the wear off the plastic skids. The steel or stainless steel button heads still wear but at a slower rate. With these on you can slide way down the runway if it is smooth.

Have fun.

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11-04-2009 03:07 AM
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sharam
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Location: Northern California

My Posts This: Topic  Forum		They do have one purpose: to part you from your money.

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