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Old 25-04-13, 21:34
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Originally Posted by aj.lec View Post
She has definately had a hard life
That chassis is a mess
Not so much a hard life as a poorly designed jib. FGT chassis needs stiffening to fit a jib, they're only 15 cwt (ie. single thickness chassis rails) and the winch is located in the narrow section of the chassis rail, aft of the taper from the midsection. There's just no strength there, and with a jib fitted the winch cable pulls UP on the chassis rails instead of ALONG as designed. Unless they're stiffened like the pic below they'll bend and crack like Jason's. My FGT9 chassis is the same.
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