Hi, check the website http://members.upc.nl/a.gremmen61/ At the pics 2005 you can see the gear system of the cherry bx2. It is nice but also wat mark just noted, it will be add weight. The only positif I think is the dead engine outfield landing. It will save you from a tip over. Stef
-- Steph and his dad are building the KR-2S see http://www.masttotaalconcept.nl/kr2 >----Origineel Bericht---- >Van : krnet at list.krnet.org >Datum : 25/01/2015 16:23 >Aan : krnet at list.krnet.org >Onderwerp : Re: KR> Tri-Gear Retracts? > >Oh, and the most important reason to go with fixed gear (I can't believe >I left this one out) is the GEAR-UP landing! I built mine fixed because >I knew if I had retracts, my first landing would be a gear-up landing, >and my third, and my 10th...etc. I later proved that theory, although I >made it to 93 landings in my 68 year-old Swift before actually >fulfilling that prophecy! > >There's another school of thought that if you have to land in a field >because of an engine out, damage will be minimized. In a smooth field >big enough to pull that off, it's true. But in the case of my hayfield >landing, I needed all the friction I could get. Without it I was going >to hit a stand of trees that would have totaled the plane, if not me. > >I'm not trying to discourage you from building retracts or tri-gear >retracts, but you've come to the table with lots of ideas on how to do >things different, and they will all increase building time accordingly, >perhaps exponentially. That's fine, and I'm a poster child for the >concept, but be prepared to spend a long time accomplishing all your >goals. I'm certainly not saying to "build is by the plans", because the >plans are lacking in many ways. But choose your modifications >carefully. As William Wynne likes to say, every day spent building is >another day you are closer to losing your medical. Hopefully that issue >will be relaxed soon, but you get the point. > >But as much as I enjoyed building and proving that I can improve the >design and persevere to the end, I can tell you that flying is a lot >more fun than building, at least for me! > >Mark Langford >ML at N56ML.com >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 >
