Undercarriage plates for foamboard planes

cults3d

I build a lot (because I crash a lot) of RC planes, many of which are designed by Flite Test or members of the Flite Test community. The suggested way of making a simple undercarriage does not stand up well to heavy landings as the force is concentrated on too small an area of foamboard. So the wings break or the undercarriage pulls out or pushes in - it's just not strong enough for my style of landing. Hence this design which uses a simple three bend piece of wire which is locked into place on the smaller of the two plates on the outside of the wing. The larger of the two plates fits inside the wing and spreads the impact over a large area of foamboard. The two plates are screwed together very firmly to create a foamboard sandwich.