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Wheel Pants Attach Hardward

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TxSkyBolt

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Post flight today I noticed that the right main wheel pant was very loose. Upon inspection, I saw that the plate that the wheel pant attaches to was broken completed at the front wheel attach bolt and cracked at the rear. Inspected the left and found the same thing. I removed the pants and the attach plate.


Can this be welded/repaired? Also, there is a green cylinder on the end of the axle where the outside of the pant attaches. If I am to fly sans wheel pants, must this be removed?


Here are a couple of photos.


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Edited by: SATCFI
 

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