Brian: I purchased my Diehl Nose gear in the last month, it is hollow.
I only had a problem wth the heel of the pad that attached to the left motor mount. I had to grind off the heel of the pad up to the weld of the brace to clear the GP (5) point mount. It would also help if told you the tire size that fits the nose wheel fork. Don Lively Burlington, IA ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Brian Kraut wrote: > There have been at least a couple that I have heard about. I do remember > that the early ones from Diehl were different than the ones he is making > now. If I recall correctly he is filling the tube with a composite material > now. Or maybe they were composite before and now they are a steel tube or > vice versa. Anyway, I know that there was definitely a design change and > the last time I spoke to him about it a few years ago he was giving free > exchanges to the new type of tube if you had the old one. Call him up and > see what the difference is and if you have the old or new type. You will be > hard pressed to find a better and more friendly person to deal with than > Dan. > > Brian Kraut > Engineering Alternatives, Inc. > www.engalt.com > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]]On > Behalf Of Joseph H. Horton > Sent: Thursday, July 06, 2006 1:09 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: KR> Nose gear failures > > Eric, > Just working from memory here but I think that I knew of 2 and > one was on a grass field, I think that both folded the strut it's self. I > am sure they were both before 1999 as I first found out about them when I > joined the net. Having said that I have damaged mine while beating the > runway into submission on one of my very early flights. It took 4.5 g's > to bend it 4 deg's. Dan did not have a new one in stock to replace it so > he told me to bend it back just this once. It took all my weight and > strength an a 8 ft lever with the strut fit between 2 trailer hitch balls > on my truck bumper to get it back in shape. Mark is right about it not > having that much weight on it. Mine was 215#. > Joe Horton, Coopersburg, PA. > [email protected] > > On Thu, 6 Jul 2006 09:12:32 -0400 Pitts Eric MSgt 181FW/MXOO > <[email protected]> writes: > > How many nose gear failures have there been on KRs with the Diehl > > setup or > > any setup and what part failed? i.e. The strut the lower mount or > > engine > > mount > > > > _______________________________________ > Search the KRnet Archives at http://www.maddyhome.com/krsrch/index.jsp > to UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to [email protected] > please see other KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html > > _______________________________________ > Search the KRnet Archives at http://www.maddyhome.com/krsrch/index.jsp > to UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to [email protected] > please see other KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html
