BIGRCR
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Location: Easley, South Carolina
My Posts This: Topic Forum | On the gasser we are talking about the Tuff Strut 1 gear, this is the large diameter gear and are not neccessarily set up the same way as the "new style" Tuff Strut 2's. This gear does have a small round boss on top of the strut so that it can be drilled and screwed. You must still use a bit of heat from a heat gun to get these together in most cases, but unlike the originals, may still move around once cooled. Like several have stated, I too only put screws in one of the struts (the rear).
The secret here is to drill the hole large enough (3/32" hole for the 2.9 mm screws) so that the screw will fasten but NOT stress the aluminum. This is a major cause of failure with these skids when the front strut has been drilled and screwed. If the screw takes a lot of torque to get in, the aluminum may get stressed and cause future failure in the front strut area. A natural helicopter related harmonic will break the front of the skids off if the front screw hole has been drilled too tight and the screw hole is stressed!!! This is another reason not to extend the front of the skids too far forward as the fronts of the skids become a "tuning fork" to harmonic vibration.
Hope this helps!
BIGRCR- John Garst |
