Foam Wheel 48mm For Aeromodelling

The Foam Wheel 48mm For Aeromodelling wheel measuring 48mm outer diameter, 20mm width, and 3mm bore hole diameter, designed for RC aircraft, aeromodelling, and foam board or balsa wood plane landing gear systems. This Foam Wheel product occupies a completely different application domain from all rubber and plastic robot car wheels  rather than providing drive traction for a ground vehicle, this foam wheel for aeromodelling serves as a passive rolling landing gear component that must absorb landing impact forces while contributing the absolute minimum possible weight to the aircraft’s total flying mass.

The airplane wheel’s foam construction is the critical material choice for this application — foam compresses slightly under impact load during touchdown, absorbing a portion of the kinetic energy that would otherwise transmit directly to the aircraft’s landing gear wire and airframe structure. This shock-absorbing property prevents hard plastic or rubber wheels from being appropriate substitutes at this scale, since hard materials transmit full landing force into the undercarriage and risk bending the 3mm landing gear wire or damaging the airframe joint.

These foam wheels for rc plane maintain their round profile under load without permanent deformation on smooth grass and tarmac strips, and their lightweight foam body keeps the landing gear assembly mass low enough to preserve the aircraft’s designed center of gravity position. Available from StemVolt, offering quality robotics wheels for projects.

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Features:

• Foam compresses on touchdown to absorb landing impact energy
• Ultralight construction minimises total aircraft mass and CG shift
• 3mm bore fits standard piano wire and carbon landing gear rod
• 48mm diameter suits small to mid-size RC trainer plane builds
• 20mm width provides stable roll on grass and tarmac strips

Technical Specifications:

Applications:

• Foam wheel used for RC trainer plane foam board landing gear
• Aeromodelling club uses foam wheel for balsa wood plane build
• STEM kit uses airplane wheel for RC aircraft undercarriage assembly
• Maker uses foam wheels for rc plane for scratch-build trainer aircraft

Package Includes:

•   1 × Foam Wheels 48mm For Aeromodelling