Thank you. This is my brother's AeroScout and I did this fix over a year ago and he's had no problems with his nose gear since. Best part is no unsightly reinforcement on the underside and no additional weight. Thanks for watching.
I had just purchased a brand new aeroscout and wound up in the hospital before I could fly it. Looks like a good time to fix it when I get home before any damage.
You could but since it's brand new I'm sure the foam fuselage has got the nose gear feeling kinda sturdy. Unfortunately right now in order to do my fix you may have to break the gear out of the bottom to get it out. If I were you I'd wait until you've had enough rough landings and you notice it getting pretty wobbly. Whatever you decide good luck and have fun, the AeroScout is an awesome little plane.
Thankyou for this information, i really needed this one. I dont own one aeroscout but definitely i wad looking for a similar guide for making my own plane nosegear. Appreciate it!
Dam wingstud. You nailed this one big time. I crashed my aero scout a few weeks ago and damaged mine just like that. This vid helped me out big time. You the man. Please keep these vids coming!!!
You can fix it permanently with a wooden brace! You screw it into the two holes on the plastic and have a piece of the brace extending backwards over the weakened foam. It coveres enough foam that to collapse the gear you would have to destroy the entire front of the plane, but it does seem yours is much more of a clean fix that wouldn’t disable the ability for attaching floats since they need the screw holes I used for my brace. The brace however has made it practically indestructible so it was worth it to me!
I agree that a permanent indestructible fix might be just what the doctor ordered for many but for myself it does not need to be that strong. The idea of having to bust open a permanent repair on the front of the airplane to service either the nose gear assembly, pushrod or control horn seems kinda ridiculous. I've even gotten suggestions to totally disable the steering completely to avoid the whole hassle of having to deal with this assembly all together. That to me is even more unbelievable to not have a steerable airplane, but hey that's what makes the world go round. I'm not saying I'm a super hero flyer but the chances that I will damage this nose gear is pretty slim. Of course I cant say that for the guy I fixed this Aeroscout for. Maybe I'll have no choice doing it your way for him in the future. Thanks for watching and the valuable input.
I think you could get away with a 3s 3000mah but any larger would probably be to heavy and ruin the great flying characteristics of this little terrific airplane.
I'm sorry I have to respectfully disagree. This nose wheel design is crappy right out of the box. As soon as you begin to stress the structure of the nose wheel area on the underside of the plane this thing starts to wobble miserably. The best way to fix it is to fix the mechanism itself and not rely on bracing the foam or adding any other support. Thanks for the input and watching.
lol i just said that was the weak link on a different video. just dis connect the front servo from the front wheel so you dont break the servo... hot glue the front wheel straight
