VTail 500 landing gear crash kit?

Lynxmotion UAVs / Drones
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I dinged the landing gear up pretty good on my Vtail 500.

I see the crash kit for the 400, but not the 500. Are they compatible?

I’m so tempted to afroengineer something a little bit taller. I would bet someone has come up with something a little taller and more durable. Suggestions?

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Hi phollins,

Sad to know you broke your landing gear.
The landing parts are different between the 400 and 500, you need to order the right ones.
They are available on both Lynxmotionand RobotShopwebsite.

We want to make new landing gear for the VTails but have yet to finish them. Something like we posted HERE

Another solve could be to use a foam wheel like on the picture, it’s not good looking but it might work to get some height and damping.
Lynxmotion Neoprene foam Tire NFT-03 - 2" x 0.5" (pair)

:slight_smile:

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I remember this a while back, and now that I actually have mine flying (woot), I was curious about this.

I have been cutting the grass a few times, though as I am learning, I expect to wreck a few sets of propellers anyhow. :wink:

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We raised the priority on this.

5

Well, I broke off my rear landing gear tonight. I didn’t have good control of it, and it was near cars, and my six-year-old little sister, so I put it down pretty hard on the pavement. With me being new at this, was only a matter of time until I broke it. Could’ve been worse. Landing gear is cheap.

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So, funny story, I tried fixing my landing gear, which I did… but I also glued my landing gear to my finger.

Despite repairing that, I decided to go ahead and order…

  • Landing gear crash kit, since I don’t really trust my repair work.
  • The wheels recommended above, because this is far from the last time I’ll crash this sucker.
  • A whole second VTail 500 frame. Because then I have spare parts for every part I’ll inevitably manage to break.
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Hey Eric, for the wheels above, did you use larger screws and screw into the wheels directly, or did you drill larger holes in them so the standoff fit through it?

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I used a 4-40 x 7/8" screw and nut to secure the wheel to the landing.
That’s what is included in the Training Wheel Kit for MES.

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Darn, I didn’t see that kit at all. Bought two sets of the pair of wheels you linked above.

I might have long enough screws in my stash of hardware. The thought to use just one long screw and a nut escaped me entirely. o_o

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This wheel kit is quite new as it’s been released with the HQuad500 Quadcopter.
You can get the nuts/screws from an hardware store if needed.