Larry asked; Did you find a suitable tail spring? I looked at a golf cart again the other day and they look like they had the KR in mind when they designed the springs.
KR people having the generous nature they do, Kim donated his no-longer-used spring to me. I mounted it but it has a significant arc bent into its shape. Combined with my wood "tail skid" block and the 20 degree API tailwheel casting, I needed a flat (unbent) section of material. Langford offered some council as well. I ended up replacing my aluminum tail plate/ spring with a section of "stress resistant 5160 alloy steel" sourced from McMaster-Carr part # 8644T214 section 3 feet long. I have some left over. I used the broken tail plate as my hole drilling template. End result is I picked up 330 grams weight at the aft-most possible moment arm. It is what it is... John Bouyea N133RM KR-2S – imported, fixed & flying www.bouyea.net/cur_proj/N133RM OR81/ Hillsboro, OR ________________________________ -Please see LIST RULES and KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html -Change list delivery options at https://list.krnet.org/list/krnet.list.krnet.org/ Affinity List Info Board -Search recent KRnet Archives at https://list.krnet.org/empathy/list/krnet.list.krnet.org/ -Search John Bouyea's decades of archive at https://www.mail-archive.com/krnet@list.krnet.org/
