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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Bob</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2> The Focus gear is made of molded
stringy fiberglass.I broke mine several years ago and had to fix at the
field(contest). I made the stringy break... jam back together and soaked
it with thin CA.The CA was absorbed into the fiberglass and the gear was
fixed.I used the gear for a long time after that. If yours is just a crack
you could do the same thing. Open the crack if you can and soak in CA. The
reason the gear is 2 pieces is the way it mounts into the fuse.If it was one
piece I think it would tear up more fuse in a hard landing.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Jim Ivey</FONT></DIV>
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<A title=rharden1@cox.net href="mailto:rharden1@cox.net">Bob Harden</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Sunday, March 11, 2007 1:56
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> [NSRCA-discussion] Focus II
Landing Gear crack</DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hello all,</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>The left side of my Focus II landing gear
has cracked and I thinking of getting replacement gear. The Focus
gear are in two parts; a left half and a right half. The particular
gear I have is a white color; not sure just what it is made of. I
see on the Piedmont web site that there is a black colored gear
which might be carbon fiber? I am wondering if
others have noted cracking in their Focus landing gear and what is being done
about replacement? It seems to me a single gear would be better than a
two halves gear. What is the membership
experience?</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Bob Harden</FONT></DIV>
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