> > Thanks for your comments Mike. I do seem to remember that there was info in the newsletters on modifying the downlock to make it more secure. How you would stiffen the crossbar after it is installed I would not be so sure about. Just looking at the ground stance, it seems to me that the fixed gear gives a higher nose angle and has a better chance of allowing a full stall three point landing.
> On 10/04/2023 10:29 PM EDT MS <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > "As can be seen, it is on the original style retractable gear, but most > > would advise to change it to fixed gear." > > It's true, going to fixed gear renders a more versatile and sturdy landing > gear but the original retractable gear works fine if a stiffer than called > for crossbar is used and if the latches are really secure. My first KR was > built by Harold Ziggenfield, a Convair engineer. He built two or three KR's, > then built a Barracuda . . . he loved building and did something to make the > retractable gear secure. In learning to fly the KR I tested that gear to > it's very limits . . . sliding sideways down the runway at Oceanside the > first time I flew it. There were other stressful events during my ownership > of that KR and the gear never faltered. Whatever Ziggy did with the latch > mechanism worked really well, so it can be done. > > I'd never recommend the original gear if one is just starting off but if the > gear is already in place . . . stiffen that crossbar and goof-proof the > latches. > > Mike > KSEE > > > > -- > KRnet mailing list > [email protected] > https://list.krnet.org/mailman/listinfo/krnet >
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