So call it a happy accident. Flight 26 on my second A-10 with no landing issues at Jet Jam or at home. Stock landing gear other than paint. Nice easy flight, set the ship down and was rolling out fast on the pretty grass and I go and hit the only critter hole within 50 yards, head on. Violent hop right resulting in bent nose gear pin and damaged sidewinder rails. (No surprise on the AIM-9 rails. They splinter if you look at them cross-eyed but I digress.) Motion was out of stock on the gear pins so I went and sprung-ded for a whole new gear unit, thinking I might need some other parts someday. Anyway, I was day dreaming today of Bill Murray-like methods of critter carnage or at minimum, some 30mm combat mix down that rodent's front door when the UPS guy dropped off the new gear. Since my original gear had the standard play/slop in it, I had planned to try out some of the various methods y'all have come up with to combat it, even going so far as to fab a bracket even Sam "Crow" W. would like. LOL However, I am fired up to report that none of that will be necessary. Have a look at the picture, new gear is toward the top. Old gear with the gap between trunion and housing resulting in the play we all know and deal with. New gear has no gap, and is solid as a rock, right out of the box. Have cycled it several times now and it is fantastic. Either Motion's gear supplier and QA team are dialing it in, or I just got very lucky. I will assume the former since I haven't won the lottery yet. :)
Just thought I would throw it out there.
Cheers,
Dan
Just thought I would throw it out there.
Cheers,
Dan
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