The landing gear width (main gear) is a subject that I want to discuss some
more. I owned and flew several hundred hours in a Cessna 120 years ago. The
landings always seemed fine to me as in not seeming to be squirelly once on the
ground. Others I have talked to said that 120s landed squirelly. I think
usually most problems in landing probably lye with the pilot himself and his
abilities or lack of.
The KR2 taildragger may be the same, I have no idea though. I have heard a lot
over the years about how squirelly they are to land by some and others say they
are great. Is the problem the pilot or the airplane?
I had been thinking about bolting the main landing gear inboard some from the
normal Diehl bolt up outside the fuselage. I was beginning to think that a
little more narrow spread might be more stable in landing a KR2 stretch but I
really don't know what to think now.
I know that a lot of the Q200 and Dragonfly guys have gone to a more inboard
(closer to fueslage) landing gear because it is more stable than the canard tip
landing gear according to some and of course there are many who say the canard
tip landing gear is much better and just fine. So here we go again, is it pilot
skill or lack there of ?
I thought if the Diehl brackets were bolted just inside of the fuselage, a guy
could repair, do maintenance without tearing up the wing stub plus make the
plane more stable for landing. If wider as in bolted up outboard of the
fuselage is better then ?
Just wondering out loud, what do you guys really think?
Larry H.
