Are there modifications that can be done to the gear to fix the problem? Thanks, Russ. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mark Jones" <flyk...@wi.rr.com> To: "KR builders and pilots" <kr...@mylist.net> Sent: Sunday, June 08, 2003 12:28 AM Subject: Re: KR>Retract or not.
> Russ, > The retractable gear if it is the original version has some bad points. They > have been known to collapse on touchdown causing a belly slide....not good. > Putting fixed gear on would be a smart move. You would not have to worry > about remembering to drop that gear to land it any more. Plus, that is just > one more kiss (keep it safe & simple) system. The cost of the gear depends > on what you want. Diehl conventional for example would be about $500 for a > new set and you would have to cut into the wings to mount them. Diehl's > tri-gear is about $1000 which also takes cutting into the wing to mount plus > adding a nose gear bracket. Then there are conventional gear made by Grove > which would mount to the bottom of the fuselage with minimal modifications. > Sorry, I do not know the cost of the Grove gear. Maybe someone else will > give you an approximation on that. > > Mark Jones (N886MJ) > Wales, WI USA > E-mail me at flyk...@wi.rr.com > Visit my KR-2S CorvAIRCRAFT web site at > http://mywebpage.netscape.com/n886mj/homepage.html > > > > > Hey gang, I'm looking at a KR2 with retractable gear and the guy was > telling > > me how much it would cost to put fixed gear on it. Is that something I > > should consider? Is the retractable gear bad on the KR2's? > > Thanks, Russ Houck. > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > see KRnet list details at http://www.krnet.org/instructions.html > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > see KRnet list details at http://www.krnet.org/instructions.html
