Thanks for your input, I think I'll just get a lot of tailwheel training and stay with it like it is for now and then maybe if I don't get that comfortable in it after awhile then I'll think about converting. Plus I think its kinda neat to actually have a KR that is still built with the retracts the way the plans call for. Although the gear locks are changed from the plans. Hopefully I'll be done with it in time to make it to the gathering to check out all the other spectacular KR2's ----- Original Message ----- From: "Don Sprague" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, March 01, 2004 9:08 PM Subject: KR>Converting to tri-gear
Dan, To convert to tricycle gear, the main gear (Diehl or Grove Aircraft) has to be relocated to the aft side of the main spar, and the gear is angled back as well to provide stability on the ground with a nose gear. The retrac KR gear is angled forward from the front of the main spar to provide stability with the tailwheel. My memory is that there is about an 18 inch difference in the position of the wheels. I don't think there's any way you can put on a nose wheel without moving the main gear aft. Don Sprague N118DS Houston, Texas_______________________________________ to UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to [email protected] please see other KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html
