KR>Re: Sourcing landing gear legs and brackets

2021-07-30 Thread Mark Langford
Robin Macdonald wrote: > Hi guys I can get a product called pultrusion, it is pulling Glass & resin > through a die, it comes in all sorts of shapes & sizes, not expensive would > make good legs. I have a broken KR leg, and can cut out a shape and do some flexure testing on it, and compare i

KR>Re: Sourcing landing gear legs and brackets

2021-07-29 Thread ŘfRobin Macdonald
Hi guys I can get a product called pultrusion, it is pulling Glass & resin through a die, it comes in all sorts of shapes & sizes, not expensive would make good legs, Robin New Zealand On Fri, 30 Jul 2021, 14:54 John Bouyea, wrote: > Kevin, > I have an unmodified "Grumman gear leg" as were avai

KR>Re: Sourcing landing gear legs and brackets

2021-07-29 Thread John Bouyea
Kevin, I have an unmodified "Grumman gear leg" as were available on EBay some 6 years ago. 26 1/2" long, 6 3/4" wide at the top & 3 3/4" wide at the bottom, 1" thick and close to 10 pounds each. I recall they were cut down and/ or planed thinner before use on KRs at we don't weigh as much as the c

KR>Re: Sourcing landing gear legs and brackets

2021-07-29 Thread Craig Williams
What Larry said! I would add that you should build the axle bracket last. 45 degrees is close but I had to shim an extra 5 degrees on my gear. Craig Deer Slayer morphing into "Second Chance" > On 07/29/2021 5:19 PM Flesner wrote: > > > On 7/29/2021 2:15 PM, Kevin Stolhammer wrote: > >

KR>Re: Sourcing landing gear legs and brackets

2021-07-29 Thread Flesner
On 7/29/2021 4:19 PM, Flesner wrote: Now using whatever method you want align the axle for the toe-in or toe-out you want (I highly recommend zero / zero).  Drill the last three bolt holes and finish the mounting of the bracket.

KR>Re: Sourcing landing gear legs and brackets

2021-07-29 Thread Flesner
On 7/29/2021 2:15 PM, Kevin Stolhammer wrote: I'm fishing for the measured dimensions for the Diehl and/or grumman legs and lower axle attach bracket. I thought I had a cardboard cutout templet of the gear leg but can't locate