I was watching Craig’s video and noticed he was planning to just spin his landing gear to the front side of the spar. As is it will not put the axles far enough forward, his plane may end up tipsy wanting to fall on its nose with the Tricycle legs. They are different according to this front page of Dan Diehl's instructions.
Larry H > On Aug 18, 2019, at 9:33 AM, Flesner via KRnet <krnet@list.krnet.org> wrote: > >> On 8/17/2019 11:40 PM, larry howell via KRnet wrote: >> I took these dimensions off of one of the top pieces I took off of the spar. > > +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > > Very interesting. I have a full size drawing of a 30" gear leg if I could > find it . I did notice the 20 degree angle cut on the top of the leg. As > the leg is attached very near the CG it tends to agree with Tony Bingalis in > one of his books. He recommends an angle of 15 degrees forward of the CG for > wheel contact on a conventional gear aircraft. There have been a number of > posts over the years that suggest a difference between conventional and > tri-gear legs. I'm still not convinced and believe they are identical and > differ only in the mounting location and orientation. But that's just me. > I'm old and set in my ways. > > If I were building a 2s I would go with longer gear legs if using > conventional gear setup. The 24" leg was designed for the original 2 and do > not give a good three point attitude on the ground for the stretched 2s and > especially on mine with 24 inch stretch. I started with 24" legs and later > purchased a set of 30" legs. Actual installed length is approx 29" and just > right for my KR
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