Jeb, What the varieze and longeze guys do to set the axle where they want them is mix up flox, which is resin and cotton fibers mixed together to fill between the bottom of the landing gear and the inboard end of the wheel axle where it bolts to the fiberglass landing gear. Rough sand the landing gear for adhesion of course and the bottom line is you are making a resin/flox wedge. Be sure to paint pure resin on the landing gear before adding the flox mixture. Personally I would put the current bolts in loosely, set the angle I wanted on the axle then fill behind it with the flox mixture and let it cure. The flox mixture is considered structural in this case. An alternative is find some Cessna pre-made wedges that are used on those certified aircraft to set the axles at the correct angle. I personally would not make changes at the spar mounting bracket.
Larry H > On Sep 4, 2019, at 2:15 PM, jeb via KRnet <krnet@list.krnet.org> wrote: > > 24 years ago I was in Austin, Tx building my KR2S. I drove to Arkansas for a > gathering and met Jeff Scott, which resulted in my move to Los Alamos. > Anyway looong time ago, I don't recall exactly how I mounted my main gear legs > and brackets. But now I notice that the tires are wearing badly on the > outboard sides > I always thought the weight of the KR would make the axles parallel to the > ground, but > nope, they're angled about 10-15 degrees - causing the wear. (?) > > what? do I have to shim the bottom of the leg under the bracket? > > Bye the way, I think I've got the thrust thing worked out, today, I did a > high speed test, > got it up to 55 mph and stopped it before last taxi way, less than half the > runway more like 3/8. > I think the issue was a plug wire not making good contact in the dist cap. > > > _______________________________________________ > _______________________________________________ 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
