On Mon, 04 May 2015 20:30:14 -0500, Tim Wescott
wrote:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B5l...OMUxjdEU/view?
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This bend looks way too tight for me, for 1/8" music wire upon which a 5-
pound model airplane will land. I have visions of the thing snapping on
landing, scuffing the hell out of one wing tip or another, and possibly
making me cut into the (hopefully really nicely finished) top of the wing
to push the remains out.

I can anticipate at least 500 flights on the thing, much of it off of
grass.

What do y'all think? Bend new ones, or use what's in the kit?

That certainly looks like it has damaged the integrity of the metal at
the kink. You could give it a repetitive bounce test, but why waste
time? If it were mine, I wouldn't take chances and would bend a new
landing gear strut for myself.

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