Eflite Viper Landing Gear Upgrade, How to and Review 

You love it. That Viper of mine has to have almost 300 flights now

@@JustPlaneCrazy That’s very encouraging!

Super glad. Nice job. Enjoy

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Awesome. Thanks for watching

Thank for watching. Enjoy the viper. I do. Don’t forget to share share away and check out my Facebook pages insta and merch store

It’s a good plane otherwise

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Nice vid. I love Runcam views of places I also like the wether report. Nice touch. Thanks for watching

Many thanks. With summer almost here & a beach nearby i have had some great flights. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-3snWFiFd8YY.html Tonight, following your guide, i replaced the p-39 front nose strut that easily bends as with the viper. Now after re i nserting an Oleo strut all works great with no mods needed for retracting. Many thanks again.

Yes it’s a good one. Really love the new 90mm Eflite Viper. Check out that vid that I did. I think it’s the best edf on the market

Hi can you send me the link of the wheels you installed

www.rc-castle.com/index.php?route=product/product&path=517_268&product_id=8734

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@@JustPlaneCrazy just doing my job but while I'm doing my job these videos are much needed so I know what to do when I get home

I realize Im quite off topic but do anyone know a good website to watch newly released movies online?

By god u guys realize this crap is easy to block. And stop. Why ruin peoples efforts with this stuff. No one here cares. Ever

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The plane I put that on was for a friend. He has about 50 flights since and loves it. Thanks for watching.

@@JustPlaneCrazy that's good, I'll do same as you then. Also just thought how difficult it is to make a new c-clip groove! Thank you very much for replying

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Welcome🤪😜😝

@@JustPlaneCrazy Thanks. BTW, they arrived today so we're all good. I was wondering if these "slip-on" (0.74oz) wheel gear set upgrade could be also used on a E-flight Habu SS 70mm? I realize the gear is rooted but it would soften the landing. Just a thought.

Not sure. Never flew a Habu. Enjoy the viper

@@JustPlaneCrazy It's a new day, in an unexpected way. I started to assemble my brand-new Viper 70mm late last evening. The stabilizer, rudder and fish the wires through neatly. So, first thing I did the next morning is go to work on the plane at my workbench, I carefully turned it over on the stand then the rudder and stabilizer smacked the end of my workbench and cracked the 5 fasteners attached to the plastic threads to the fuselage off. At the tail, the small plastic collar (with "copper" threaded inserts) is sheared off, not the 3mm machine screws. I have to take some blame, I probably over tightened and it's a rookie mistake. So, I suppose can either CA glue the entire tail assembly together (old school) or send a support request to HH and no telling how long that'll take. I think I'll just use some medium CA and be done with tail section. Then move onto the wing and be more cautious, and finally upgrade the landing gear set, starting with the mains.

You can order a whole new nose retract and then cut it, order just the pigtail, fish the c clip out with the retract closed or separate the retract case and replace the pigtail. I have done all 3. Just buying a new nose retract is the easiest

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That I am not sure. I think the nose fork would be a bigger issue. Honestly the plane has plenty of power and the wheels have been a non issue. There has to be probably 5000 of these units sold and next to no complaints about them. People have been very happy with them. Good luck with your choice

@@JustPlaneCrazy No the original wheels are to large for the frame of the new gear by 13.6mm

My friend is having f16 issues with the gear pins and hasn’t bounced it hard at all

The F-16 is much easier to land on the mains helping to prevent the bounce. I love my Viper, but when it comes to landing, the F-16 hands down is much easier.

@@Noncenx love the F-15 Eagle as it has fantastic gliding /dead stick landing capabilities.

Thanks for the input and watching. Good luck with the maiden

@@JustPlaneCrazy Hi, you fly it still with 2 springs at the front landing gear? Because it seems to be pretty hard then?!? The mains also have only one on each side. Did you try to use only one on the front gear? Does the 3mm shaft hold even after several flights? Best regards

2 on the front 1 on the rear. The rear only has one because of space issues. The axle is perfect. 100 plus landings.

20 is what is recommended. You have room to make a little longer if u want.

Loctite brand red lock tite. It would need a little Heat to get out. I guess the goal is hopefully it never needs to come apart

They have two different options. The expense option u get it in about 4 days. The cheap option is about three weeks. It depends what u want and how bad u want it. But they have always been good to deal with

From what I have found when you usually have a lack of turning in this plane it’s due to the front gear being bent. In that case nothing helps but replacing the retract pin. Also if you can check. The servo horn position. Linkage hole away from the servo and closer to the gear linkage will gains more throws. See if your locations can be moved. I never adjusted mine as I was ok with it. So I don’t remember if there are other holes

About three weeks in a typical slow order. Sometimes when you order a package deal they quick ship stuff and that’s a week.

I go to the aft end of the recommendation in the book. I think that’s fine. Love this plane gear is just a problem. The 90mm Viper from Eflite is hands down the best edf I have flown. Period. Keep that in mind

If you change it before it’s bent the first time they seem to last forever. Several friends with hundreds of flights now. No issues.

Depends. Usually about 3 weeks. Thanks for watching

Once they bend the first time they will always bend easier. It’s best to put them on before the factory gear bends. In your case straighten them out and then put the new stuff on.

@@JustPlaneCrazy Just tried to order some of the landing gear, rc castle doesn’t take credit card?? What a joke

I always pay with CC?

I just tried to go through again and see it’s a PayPal only thing,,,no idea why they are that way not but not sure it would matter to me. PayPal is still secure

@@JustPlaneCrazy Okay maybe i’ll set up a paypal account then. I trust paypal so it should be no problem

All our club vipers who have gone with this gear love it.

This gear will really lengthen the time it takes to bend that front strut. It fixes bouncing landing from not flaring but preserves the weak pigtail. If the pigtail is bent before installing this there is a slight benefit. If the pigtail isn’t bent it helps a lot

I fly of grass as do my friends. We have had the upgrade for over 2 years now It’s really a non issue and it does really depend on what as with any edf what the grass field looks like.

Still amazing. Has held up perfectly.

There is room to shave the canopy on the bottom a bit. With the burner you need to slide the pack front and that’s why u have the issue. I run 3600 mah 40c packs and they are fine. That may be your best option.

I have professional laser cut kits now available. Email landinggearfix@gmail.com for info

V1 fits with trimming. Not sure about v3

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The front pin is most likely bent

Well I don’t disagree with that but I feel my pilot skills are up to par and this model doesn’t stand a chance. It needs help.

@@JustPlaneCrazy Flaps tend to make a plane fly in a nose-down attitude. Some are worse than others. The Viper and the T-28 are two of the worst. To make matters worse, the Viper has a tendency to tip stall. It apparently doesn’t have enough washout in the wing. The 70mm F-16 is actually much easier to land and is very resistant to tip stalls. I think it’s a better first EDF than the Viper except that the shorter wings are harder to see and it tips over easily due to its narrow landing gear.

Only use flaps on a short runway and fly the plane to the ground. It’s a jet...! Kill throttle when the main gear touch.

It’s also the Chinese New Year Vacation

Possibly but I couldn’t say one way or another. A lot of people have gone with this gear and no one else mentioned anything. Reach out to rc castle. They are typically very responsive.

@@JustPlaneCrazy tbth its not worth it, the nose wound up fitting great and the mains will work fine with just a little bit of material taken off. Who knows.

Make sure the pins that stick out of the housing didnt fall down in the retract jamming them up. Send me a pic to brendenmccormick@att.net

Chris, they are smaller but many of my friends have these and fly at a variety of fields with these and don’t have issues. In fairness not all fields are the same and as I said I get nothing from rc castle and they have probably sold thousands of these. Try around the wheels are fine

@@JustPlaneCrazy Okay, I just don't know if I can bring myself to cut off the larger tires. Maybe I'll try them out, just not sure yet. Once I make the first cut I'm committed and I don't want to have to purchase new stock gear if I don't like them. Too bad the upgrade can't support a larger tire. I'll revise my above comment. Thanks for the reply.

No worries. The only grass I haven’t see these fly off of was grass no edf would fly off of.

@@JustPlaneCrazy I decided not to make the upgrade. I like the bigger tire size on the original gear. If you know anyone that wants a set of the RC Castle gear and doesn’t want to wait 4 to 6 weeks for shipping let me know. I’ll sell the gear kit for 25 bucks plus shipping.

K. I will keep it in mind

Those Avanti gears v3 cost an arm and a leg :-) these are only $27 + shipping :-)

@@tructran8783 Yep 👌🏼‼️AGREEED 100% I have the v3 and I'm usually ripping the retracts clean out the fuse ..😆SO ,,, IM always stocking my shelves with extras whenever possible. OR whenever they come back in stock ‼️‼️ SEEMS ,, Im not the only one tearing the heck out of retracts. Get'em when ya can .. ya know

What do u mean?

Wish u more great flights. The vipers are awesome

They offered different shipping options at the time I did this vid. Yeah who knows anymore.

I guess if I use it incorrectly then I don’t know when it’s correct or incorrect. Eh... grammar, I will stick to planes.. literally 🤣😂🤪😃😜🤣thanks for watching and putting up with me

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