I am just curious, those of you who use belly boards. Do you extend them fully everytime? or do you extend them different degrees depending on the situation? Old Cessnas had 10, 20, 30, and 40 degree extension slots, so do you use yours like this or just one full setting if deployed. Larry H.
----- Original Message ---- From: Larry&Sallie Flesner <[email protected]> To: KRnet <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, January 20, 2007 7:26:33 AM Subject: KR> Belly Board / Diehl gear A >Mine is mounted to the rear spar, but I have Diehl conventional gear, so I >sit a little higher. Larry sits even higher with his longer legs ( I think, >sorry if I am wrong Larry ). >Colin Rainey ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Jeff Scott and I are the only ones that have 30 inch Diehl gear legs that I'm aware of. Dan is / was concerned about their length and wouldn't sell any more (not to mention their price) but Jeff and I have hundreds of hours each with no problems. I think Jeff's are stock. I added approx 1/8 inch of glass to make mine a bit thicker. With my 24 inch fuselage stretch and a rather tall tail spring, the 24 inch leg had the fuselage setting too flat in the three point attitude. Even with the longer legs and a 3 12 degree incidence on the wing, the wing is below the stall angle in the three point attitude, like most KR's I suspect. I'm sure that's the reason my KR lands best using a tail low wheel landing and then planting it on with a bit of forward stick when the mains touch. That technique makes my KR one of the sweetest landing airplanes I've ever flown. Speaking of Diehl gear, for the newer builders that may have picked up a set of Diehl gear with a project or purchased from another builder, the early lower castings (aluminum) were recalled by Dan and replaced with 4130 steel fittings. DO NOT use the cast aluminum lower fittings. They had a problem of cracking. If you have any questions, call Dan. Larry Flesner _______________________________________ 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
