Interesting capture of the event. I watched the final seconds several times. It almost looked like the gear got a little snagged with a front to back sheer. The actual sheering force doesn't look that powerful.. maybe five mph on impact? Makes me think that good glue should have absorbed that.
That’s what happens with hard landings. Just think once you epoxy it back and you do another arrival, sorry, landing like that then it may pull a chunk out of the fuselage instead of just removing the gear . The smaller amount of glue may actually save the fuselage in case of a hard landing. As of this week I’ve had over 60 flights with my Super Timber with no issues on the landing gear ( so far !) but if I do knock it off I’ll re glue with four spots of superglue on the corners, so it can be sacrificial and help save the fuselage if landing hard. Nice flying by the way 👍🏻
Stuff happens Wayne, I reinforced mine after watching this video. Extra epoxy never hurts anything. I am sure you got that repaired already and will keep more air in the tires to keep the bead in place. I am like Jeff in Lower Alabama and am going to put Grand Tundra tires on mine so I do not have to hassle with the air tires each time I go flying this beast. Good video enjoyed the education.
This is something that can also happen with the first version of the Timber. It happened to me too!😂 If the large flaps are completely lowered during landing, they slow down the plane considerably, so much so that the risk is that it will descend like a stone. You need to gain experience, if there is a lot of wind it is better not to use the flaps or only use the take-off ones. I saw that many have modified the sign with dampened suspension, I think that too is a good idea, also because this version is even heavier than the first!!
This model Timber has now been out for a while. I've seen several YT videos where similar landings have resulted in the same gear damage as you've recorded. Ps. I'm still flying the original Timber 1.5. One Timber is enough for me.
I’ve seen a few videos also , hoping mine would be ok nope. I had the original Timber also gave it to my son in law and still flying. I guess Eflite will keep pushing them out as long as they sell😂
Replace pneumatic wheels. Hundreds of reports of bouncy landings. Use Dubro 4.5 inches ultra lite. The whole thing with pump, pneumatic tires is a waist of time. Poor design on a great flying airplane
