At 05:51 PM 12/9/2016, you wrote: >The guy that started the project that eventually became my KR had >drilled the spars to mount the gear as a nose-dragger. I left the >nose-gear with him and turned the gear around to make it a >tail-dragger when I bought the project. Sure glad I was ignorant >about needing a CNC or moving the gear location to swap it. He >drilled the holes true, and all I had to do was swap sides and turn >the gear around. >I really don't think of it as being over complicated to drill the >holes true on the same pattern side to side. For that matter, I >don't understand why one wouldn't at least attempt to do so. >-Jeff Scott ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
If one wants to go to the trouble of drilling six holes (that's what I have in mine) in each of two different castings (of dubious similarity) so that they match PERFECTLY when reversed 180 degrees, I guess it can be done. I'm just saying, for several reasons, that kind of effort and accuracy is not necessary for our purposes. Having seen my KR and others being built and flying, I'm guessing that kind of accuracy is beyond the capabilities of many KR builders anyway and thus is not a show stopper. If your casting aren't reversible, don't worry about it , go to plan B. Do the best you can and move on................... Larry Flesner
