I sold the Diehl gear off myKR2 (1985 built)and I remember it was the same shape as the earlier drawing in resent post. I kick myself in the a$$ because I do believe they would work on my Taylor-monoplane. If I'm right you get your CG on the airfoil first then set your gear angle to the wanted tail weight in level flight.
On Mon, Jun 11, 2018 at 6:01 PM, Jeff Scott via KRnet <krnet@list.krnet.org> wrote: > > I purchased my gear legs from Diehl 20+ years ago and they had one > straight edge the entire length of the leg. They look to be the same as > NVaero is selling now. Unless Dan changed the design before I hooked up > with the KR community some 28 years ago I have no idea about the set > from the donor KR. I'm wondering if the builder of that KR modified > them, not that any of us builders today would do such a thing. I'm > thinking Steve is selling the gear legs in the same shape that he got > from Dan. I seem to recall Dan did a drop test on the legs for early > testing and Marty Roberts was involved in the early design / testing of > the gear. Someone mentioned the cast brackets are quite strong. The > brackets I questioned earlier and were changed by Dan were the lower > cast aluminum brackets that the axles bolted to. They were rather > narrow and had bolt holes to close to the edge in my opinion. There > were a couple of failures and Dan recalled them all and replaced them > with 1/4" 4130 steel. That has to be more that 15 years ago as I've > been flying mine since early 2004. > > Larry Flesner > ------------------------------- > > Not that it's important by any stretch of the imagination, but the lower > cast aluminum brackets had been recalled before I acquired my KR as a > project 23 years ago. They had already been swapped out when I picked up > the project. Time does get away from us old timers... I would guess that > if anyone wanted to pin point a date (I don't), it would be in the old > newsletters from around 1993 - 1995. > > Dan was not a fan of the longer gear legs he sold to Larry and me. When > he first saw my plane, he tried to talk me into cutting a few inches off > the gear. I declined. His comment was, "Then make good landings!" I've > been beating this plane on the ground for 1200 hours now, and so far, the > gear is still hanging on. I did find an issue using the 5:00x5 tires with > some of the tacky tires that don't skid much on touchdown (Good Year Flight > Custom III) as they were actually twisting the spars a bit on touch down > and causing some cracks in the skin around the gear mounts. At that time, > my flights were all from a high altitude airport, which means a > significantly higher landing speed. Between the faster landings, more > inertia to spin up a 5:00x5 tire, the tackiness of the flight Custom III > tires, and 6 more inches of leverage with the longer gear legs, I could > feel a noticeable jerk on the gear upon touch down. I took those tires off > and went back to the cheap Condor tires, which ended the problem. > > -Jeff Scott > > > _______________________________________________ > 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
