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Front wheel shock conversion

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Eugene

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I have absolutely no complaints about main landing gear during landing. Every landing is soft landing. But front wheel is very hard because there is absolutely no shock absorption. Only a few rubber discs that not doing much at all.

In the past, I made few attempts to add spring, but without real success. Of course I didn't know what I was doing. However, I found one picture online of something that looks very appealing. I will include some pictures here about what I have and what I would like to do.

Wondering if someone here did that already, and can steer me into the right direction with dimension and correct shock absorber.


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