I made the retract to fixed gear conversion using Diehl gear legs and Diehl nose gear. Weighed the airplane before and after conversion. Including the added nose gear, rim and tire, N6242 lost 17 pounds. The conversion got me a lighter, more reliable and tri-gear airplane. Sounds like a win-win-win situation to me. Your results may vary.
Sid Wood Tri-gear KR-2 N6242 Mechanicsville, MD, USA ------------------------------------------------------------------ Really? Has anyone weighed a set of each and compared? I'll bet it's not a huge difference. I could be wrong, I've not weighed them, I don't know. Maybe someone who has done it can "weigh in" on the matter... On Wed, Nov 28, 2012 at 1:19 PM, <mfreem...@indy.rr.com> wrote: > (QUOTE)Why remove them?(/QUOTE) Because they are very heavy. >
