I sent an email last night but don't think it showed up. The photo I attached must have been too large. Basically on tri gear leg there is a short side and a long side on the upper taper. They short side goes against the mounting bracket and the long side falls right in line with the bottom of the bracket.
Clear as mud I'm sure. Steve Glover Sent from my iPhone > On Jul 11, 2014, at 10:06, Mark Langford via KRnet <krnet at list.krnet.org> > wrote: > > Larry Howell wrote: > >> I'm not sure I would want to move the first bolt at the bottom closest to >> the shear web further aft out on the bracket but that may be structurally >> ok, I don't know that though. Maybe Mark Langford can tell us that. > > I think the bolts at the bottom of the leg are just there to position and > locate the leg, since they are mostly in compression with some shear when the > gear is bent outward when landing. The ones at the top are far more > critical, since they are mostly in tension. See > http://www.n56ml.com/may22_98k.jpg to see what I mean. Sid's decision, > however... > > Mark Langford > ML at N56ML.com > website at http://www.N56ML.com > -------------------------------------------------------- > > > _______________________________________________ > Search the KRnet Archives at http://tugantek.com/archmailv2-kr/search. > To UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to KRnet-leave at list.krnet.org > please see other KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html > see http://list.krnet.org/mailman/listinfo/krnet_list.krnet.org to change > options
