Hi Bill, With the hesitation that (in my sometimes bitter, sometimes sweet experience) any deviation from the well trodden path leads to excessive completion delays and unpredictable results, this is after all ?experimental? aviation.
The project I took on already had gear, but if I was at that stage I would be tempted to look at the carbon fiber leaf springs from a junked very low milage Corvette or NOS. The Corvette carbon springs are light, high modulus, and remarkably cheap. I think they can be machined down to provide a lighter spring rate if thats desired. On the other hand, the new Sonex gear is Titanium and they certainly know about these carbon springs, so there may very well be a good reason they wouldn?t work well. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corvette_leaf_spring <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corvette_leaf_spring> http://www.ebay.com/itm/84-96-Corvette-C4-REAR-Fiberglass-Mono-Leaf-Spring-NYR-/371806860016?hash=item56916a72f0:g:KD8AAOSw4GVYRaGa&vxp=mtr <http://www.ebay.com/itm/84-96-Corvette-C4-REAR-Fiberglass-Mono-Leaf-Spring-NYR-/371806860016?hash=item56916a72f0:g:KD8AAOSw4GVYRaGa&vxp=mtr> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hOkahjvooRY <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hOkahjvooRY> Cheers, Owen Hughes Bill - reading the well trodden path, I also noticed this: https://longisland.craigslist.org/for/5892694326.html <https://longisland.craigslist.org/for/5892694326.html> or http://www.ebay.com/itm/KR2-Aircraft-Deihl-Aero-Nautical-Landing-Gear-Kit-Brakes-Wheels-Tires-New-/291951590750 <http://www.ebay.com/itm/KR2-Aircraft-Deihl-Aero-Nautical-Landing-Gear-Kit-Brakes-Wheels-Tires-New-/291951590750> On Dec 10, 2016, at 9:00 AM, krnet-request at list.krnet.org <mailto:krnet-request at list.krnet.org> wrote: Message: 1 List-Post: [email protected] Date: Fri, 9 Dec 2016 15:58:32 -0500 From: "ol' weirdo" <wmiweir at gmail.com <mailto:wmiweir at gmail.com>> To: krnet at list.krnet.org <mailto:krnet at list.krnet.org> Subject: KR> DIEHL LANDING GEAR LEGS Message-ID: <CADs5vE3KvHnwGnPQ9W0oa7=Y4C-B4xerTXiQdZuNBLTa1vDRpQ at mail.gmail.com <mailto:CADs5vE3KvHnwGnPQ9W0oa7=Y4C-B4xerTXiQdZuNBLTa1vDRpQ at mail.gmail.com>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Would someone be kind enough to submit to the group or to me the size of the blank one must have to cut out the Diehl landing gear legs. With the Canadian dollar trading at 75 cent US the thought importing them just doesn't exist. And there is a firm nearby that sells cutoffs. Thanks Bill Weir
