Skyhunter 1.8M Landing Gear (non steerable)

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The Skyhunter Main Gear STL I designed makes launching my 1.8M Skyhunter easier. Originally, I used the nose gear STL from Finwing that they provide for their Albabird model. I tested this gear with my Skyhunter swinging a 13" prop and it worked out great launching and landing at a grass field. The non-steerable gear seems like it would be annoying but before this, I belly landed so I'm used to it. I used Du-Bro 247 Axles (1 1/4" Long / 5/32" Dia), Great Planes GPMQ4307 5/32" Nickel-Plated Brass Wheel Collars, and Du-Bro 250SL 2 1/2" Super Lite Wheels. For the Nose Gear I now use a 2.5" wheel. The Finwing model uses a 50mm wheel (or 2"). Also attached is the Finwing Albabird's landing gear STLs from their web site: FinWing AlbaBird: http://finwinghobby.com/goods.php?id=143 Finwing Link to their STL: http://finwinghobby.com/images/upload/File/Finwing%20AlbaBird%203D%20Print%20STL.zip July 8, 2020 Update - I re-mixed the Finwing STL to accept a 2 1/2" nose wheel and raised it up to make for less nose-down rake. Testing soon! December 24, 2020 Update - Added v6 of the Main Gear. This is almost the same with the cross braces moved further down the gear to better support the outboard section of the main gear after having a pretty interesting failure breaking off both outboard sections in a hard landing. I also added some extra support in the center section where the lower supports integrate to the main plate. So far, this has been working quite well paired with the modified Finwing Nose wheel mount! I'll update the pics to reflect the v6 main and modified nose gear print soon.