Anyone with experience of the Acro Wot Foam E?

[Nigel Heather]

On 18/05/2023 at 17:55, Sparks said:

My solution to the 'undercarriage' problem with Wot4s and Acrowots was to tap out the screw holes (think it was M4) and fit cheese head nylon bolts instead of the steel screws.

 

I occasionaly sheared the bolts on heavy landings, but never ripped ot the plastic fixing plate.

 

My last Wot4 survived over 200 flights before I passed it on to another club member.

 

  

Yep definitely good advice - I would do that if I bought another - unfortunately, like many, I only came across that sage wisdom after the event.

 

The other thing I’d recommend is to fit bigger wheels.  Slightly spoils the lines but the stock wheels are tiny so dig into divots and the longer grass at the edge of the strip.

 

What happened to me, a few flights in, coming in nice and slow, looked like it was going to be a really gentle landing but misjudged the descent and just clipped the very edge of the strip on touch down.  The strip is mown short, the grass around is unmown but short because we share our field with sheep - so an inch or so - but that was too much, I was shocked, such a slow landing but those tiny wheels just grabbed onto the short grass and ripped the undercarriage from the fuselage.

Edited May 20, 2023 by Nigel Heather