Pandora landing gear

[Hippie 64]

Been flying in the tail drag for a while and wanted to change up , went to tricycle . I'm having a constant issue with the nose on landings . I know some are a little rougher than others but no matter how soft the nose keeps coming apart or twisting . I've tightened and adjusted but nothing helps . Anyone else have issue or advice ?

[MDBassPlayer]

Re: Pandora landing gear

I had the same issue when trying to fly off of a soccer field that had broken grass/divets everywhere. The nose gear just isn't going to work unless you have very smooth grass. Even a metal gear servo will not survive.

Now that I am flying on a better field (steamrolled at least once a season and cut regularly) with a club I am about to switch back to tricycle gear and will get back to you.

[Lon]

Re: Pandora landing gear

I've been flying my Pandora for 7 weeks now, and I fly almost everyday. I had seen a few postings with same issues as you. And what I've done, is taken the easy way out, only flying as a tail dragger...This may not be much help to you. But it's worked for me!

[WintrSol]

Re: Pandora landing gear

One of the weaknesses in the design is the forward-bent nose gear. The slightest amount of sideways force on the wheel will yank, hard, on the servo. I haven't tried the tricycle configuration because of this, just high- and low-wing tail dragger.

[Hippie 64]

Re: Pandora landing gear

Thanks Bassplayer , looking forward to hearing back . Hope its all positive . I think I like the tric look much better plus been tail dragging for a while with it

[MDBassPlayer]

Re: Pandora landing gear

Hey,

Sorry for the long delay... Just had to have surgery. Hopefully I can get flying again in two weeks.

[Hippie 64]

Re: Pandora landing gear

Hey Bassplayer hope all is good and nothing terminal !!! I reinforced the top and bottom of the plastic on the nose with balsa and epoxy . So far so good , just have to try and give it a soft landing. I do wish it had a compression strut on the nose would have made a world of difference . GLAD YOUR BACK !!!!

[Grossman56]

Re: Pandora landing gear

Hey, one of these days we'll have to have a Pandora fly in!
I wonder if MotionRC would be into putting on some sort of get together with any of us that could make it. It would be a heck of a get together!

[ServiceRep]

RE: Pandora landing gear

The 4" foam wheels on my tail dragger landing gear did not always rotate as freely as I would like. They would bind a little where the axle is bent. There is not enough axle length to put a wheel collar on both sides of the wheel to help it spin freely.

My fix was to tie a thick piece of string twice around the axle, and add 2 small washers to make a little wheel collar. I put some clear nail polish on the string to hold it in place.

Now the wheels spin perfectly.
 

[Grossman56]

RE: Pandora landing gear

Hey ServiceRep, welcome to the forum!

Good idea, I got tired of chewing the foam tires up and went 3" Dave Browns on both my Pandoras.
They're great!
I also got tired of replacing landing gear so I took the screws out of the small plates that lock the LG onto the fuse and Epoxy/resined them into place, I also wrapped the pants with color matched electrical tape.  Works great for extra strength!

Grossman56

[STOOPIDMONKEY]

RE: Pandora landing gear

You can install the dubro 1/2A nose gear. I used it on my V1 skytrainer 182 never had any issues with it.

http://www.motionrc.com/dubro-1-2a-steerable-nose-gear/?gclid=CjwKEAjwlsSoBRDoid2ihqnjjlISJABZoG9-bF8pj7de8lRsd9YXWKk1GpfoJxM_uPyAHgkuk5DFsRoCGT_w_w cB

[Grossman56]

RE: Pandora landing gear

Hey, has anyone heard from Bassplayer!  Hope he recovered from his surgery alright.
Haven''t heard from him in a while.

Grossman56