11bee Posted August 15, 2018 Share Posted August 15, 2018 52 minutes ago, jabow said: The Cross Tubes look just fine and that's where the strength is required and NOT the skid tubes. Bo I wasn’t aware that the KH kit had problems with the plastic not supporting the weight. Is this a well known defect of the kit? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
rotorwash Posted August 16, 2018 Share Posted August 16, 2018 11 hours ago, 11bee said: I wasn’t aware that the KH kit had problems with the plastic not supporting the weight. Is this a well known defect of the kit? Honestly I haven't seen an issue with the kit. Floyd has built two so far and they are holding up just fine. Ray Quote Link to post Share on other sites
11bee Posted August 16, 2018 Share Posted August 16, 2018 Yeah, I figured as much. Those SAC parts typically aren’t necessary. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Dmanton300 Posted August 18, 2018 Share Posted August 18, 2018 It amazes me that SAC have remained in business as long as they have. Direct copies of kit parts (often without even cleaning up seam lines) in a material with a proven history of failing under weight over time. If you don't think the kit's plastic parts will hold the weight, you can almost guarantee a white metal equivalent will not stand up to the same weight, it'll just take longer to do so, and have a different failure mode, but it WILL fail. If you think parts like this really need replacing, look for investment cast brass, and be prepared to pay. There are high strength resins I'd trust before white metal. Nearly every single SAC set is a poor solution in search of a non existent problem. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
11bee Posted August 19, 2018 Share Posted August 19, 2018 (edited) On 8/18/2018 at 2:02 AM, Dmanton300 said: It amazes me that SAC have remained in business as long as they have. Direct copies of kit parts (often without even cleaning up seam lines) in a material with a proven history of failing under weight over time. If you don't think the kit's plastic parts will hold the weight, you can almost guarantee a white metal equivalent will not stand up to the same weight, it'll just take longer to do so, and have a different failure mode, but it WILL fail. If you think parts like this really need replacing, look for investment cast brass, and be prepared to pay. There are high strength resins I'd trust before white metal. Nearly every single SAC set is a poor solution in search of a non existent problem. What amazes me is that there are people who actually buy this junk. Either because they blindly think that since it's aftermarket, it simply has to be a big improvement on the kit part or for some reason, believe every kit out there will eventually collapse due to it's weight, so white metal landing gear will ensure this never happens. To paraphrase Mr. Barnum, apparently there really is a sucker born every minute. Edited August 19, 2018 by 11bee Quote Link to post Share on other sites
UH-1Mad Posted August 19, 2018 Share Posted August 19, 2018 for some 1/35 kits with lots of aftermarket and scratch-buliding making it quite heavy and for kits that get handled a lot e.g. model shows/displays, I think there could be a market for 'quality' brass or metal skids.. Form the reviews here this company's products don't appear to be too popular, but for a 1/35 Huey and particularly the 1/24 Huey, I'd be very interested, providing the parts were of good quality... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jabow Posted August 20, 2018 Author Share Posted August 20, 2018 Strength is NOT an issue with kit X-tubes, UNLESS you spread them too much. This metal X-tubes allows on the adjust spread as needed. I plan to use X-tubes on other builds. Bo Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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