Landing Skids (Kufen) for PAF Opus

If you have an Opus / Opus-V Jet from PAF and need to land it on a concrete runway you may find these landing skids useful.

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Description

This set consists of 4 skids: The main skid that goes under the front fuselage, the rear fuselage skid and two skids to go under the wings. I highly recommend printing the skids with 50% or more infill and at least 1.2mm wall thickness. With this settings the main skid will survive 4-6 landings on a concrete strip. To make it strong enough to last "indefinite" just apply a single layer of glass fiber on the main skid and put a small metal plate on the bottom (see pictures). With this setup I have done more than 20 landings without much damage to it. The other 3 skids last long enough to just print a new one when the are gone. To avoid scratching the airplane surface I put a layer of tape on the contact surfaces of the skids.

 

... you can't see the skids but it does show a landing on a concrete strip without damage to the plane:

Materials and methods

Some Tape;
Resin;
A strip of glass fiber;
A small metal strip;

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7f55b5386799a44d4f1f54a5f78e8131?default=blank&size=40Skippy63u added this to the Toys collection ago
39ba810172d020c6a40f12d9825a7159?default=blank&size=40Olli published this design ago