I bought the legs pre-drilled from another KRlister & at least so far, other than the 7-degrees-each-side toe-out/8-degrees-camber-out alignment, they don't seem to be causing trouble with balance on my particular plane... In it's nose-lightest configuration (eg, fuel tank empty), I can get in and out without disturbing the plane - although I haven't tried this with any sort of baggage behind the seats...
They are also expoxied to the aluminum spar-attach mounts, so getting them off and replacing them (Say, with sawn-in-half Grumman gear legs) would be rather tough... This does, however, mean that I am stuck with the hole-pattern I have now... If camber-out isn't really a big deal, then that would make shimming easier.... On Mon, Mar 23, 2015 at 2:17 PM, Sid Wood via KRnet <krnet at list.krnet.org> wrote: > Dave, > Sounds like you have already drilled the holes for the lower ends of the > gear legs. If not, clamp in place and drill the holes for the legs and > brackets; no shims needed. If so, try Aircraft Spruce > http://www.aircraftspruce.com/categories/aircraft_parts/ap/ > menus/lg/axlesandaxlenuts_shims.html Need to get more correction: get two > or three kits and double up. The "how to" guide on the AS page may be of > some use. http://www.aircraftspruce.com/catalog/lgpages/axleShims.php > With the Whitman type spring gear (Diehl) what is the concern with camber? > > Reversing the Diehl gear legs is not a practical thing to do. The shapes > of the gear legs for the tri-gear versus the tail-dragger are different and > not interchangeable. Using the tail-dragger legs for the tri-gear will set > your main wheels 3-inches further forward from where they need to be. The > axle center should be 20 inches aft from the leading edge of the stub wing. > Otherwise the airplane tends to fall on the tail when you climb aboard or > dismount. > > Sid Wood > Tri-gear KR-2 N6242 > Mechanicsville, MD, USA > -------------------------------------------------------- > From: Dave Acklam <dave.a.krnet at gmail.com> > Due to my use of 'conventional Diehl gear-legs, reversed' to make a > tri-gear config, I need 7.5 degrees camber & 7 degrees toe in order to > track straight.... > > The only source of pre-made shims I know of (Grove) sells them for 25/ea, > but only in increments up to 3/4-degree (Toe) and 2 degree (Camber). > > Anyone have an idea on where to get larger-angle shims made? > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Search the KRnet Archives at http://tugantek.com/archmailv2-kr/search. > To UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to KRnet-leave at list.krnet.org > please see other KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html > see http://list.krnet.org/mailman/listinfo/krnet_list.krnet.org to change > options >
