Hi George, A friend of mine had an engine out/wreck on a taildragger KR2 which broke both of the Diehl main gears. I repaired it for him but in the process he wanted me to switch it to a trigear. Obviously opposite to what you want to do. Yes you just move the gear attach fittings to the front side of the forward/main spar and angle the Diehl fiberglass legs forward rather than rearward for the trigear setup. Keep in mind that the attach bolt holes in the Diehl metal brackets through the spars and the fiberglass legs more than likely will not line up which means you will need to plug the holes in the wood spars and redrill. There have been many posts on how to best fill the holes in the spars and the fiberglass legs. This job isn't as easy as un-bolting the fittings,flipping the metal leg brackets to the opposite side of the main spar and reinserting the bolts! It will take a little while plus the repairs to the bottom of the stub wings. If the metal bracket holes won't realign, you may be able to put the right gear on the left side and the left on the right side still attached to the fiberglass gear which should angle both fiberglass gears forward. It is late so someone correct me if this won't work out. Larry H
Sent from my iPad > On Aug 2, 2017, at 8:51 PM, gluejam via KRnet <krnet@list.krnet.org> wrote: > > > Has anyone made this change with an existing Diehl type gear, and if so, what > problems did you have to solve? > > The usual story is that it is "merely" a switch from right side to left, and > back to front of the main spar... but is it? > > thanks, > > George > > Phoenix > > > > > --- > This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. > https://www.avast.com/antivirus > > > _______________________________________________ > Search the KRnet Archives at > https://www.mail-archive.com/krnet@list.krnet.org/. > Please see LIST RULES and KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html. > see http://list.krnet.org/mailman/listinfo/krnet_list.krnet.org to change > options. > To UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to krnet-le...@list.krnet.org _______________________________________________ Search the KRnet Archives at https://www.mail-archive.com/krnet@list.krnet.org/. Please see LIST RULES and KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html. see http://list.krnet.org/mailman/listinfo/krnet_list.krnet.org to change options. To UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to krnet-le...@list.krnet.org
