The only spring we have at the moment is old stock of the original plans spring. It is marginal at best unless used on very light KR's.
I haven't been in the office or at the hangar since I turned the website back on. Thought I was going to have a few weeks to catch up but had construction projects that needed to begin before planned. Steve Glover Sent from my iPhone 6 > On Jan 28, 2015, at 05:02, Mark Langford via KRnet <krnet at list.krnet.org> > wrote: > > Phil Matheson wrote: > >> I have the Matco tail wheel that needs a 1 1/2 inch spring, what is the > length you are using? > > I've seen tail springs that were 4" long, and some that were probably 18" > long. Apparently they both work. Somewhere around 14"-16" seems to work > well, at least on my plane. Length is a factor in determining the thickness > as well. Most of us try a quarter inch thick, and if that' not enough, add > a reinforcing layer of 1/8" 4130 or something...a "built up" spring. > > If width is your concern, as with the Aviation Products tail wheel, it's > easily ground down on the width where it interfaces with the tail spring > (see http://www.n56ml.com/kgear.html for a photo of that). > > Does nvAero even sell a tail spring? > > Mark Langford, Harvest, AL > ML at N56ML.com > 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
