I used A Great planes gear spring, they are just as good at half the price.you will still have to fab. your own mounting brackets, but that is no big deal . just use 6"x8"x4"wide 1/2"thick 6061 Angle stock mounted to the forward of the spar(x3). you have to use doublers 3/8"thick to clear the crossmember that is in front of the spar. send me your e-mail address and I'll send you a few pics. of my instalation. Tim ----- Original Message ----- From: "Duncan" <k...@chalksoft.com> To: "krnet" <kr...@mylist.net> Sent: Sunday, July 11, 2004 11:14 PM Subject: KR> Prefab bits vs self manufactured?
> Hi, > I am getting to the point where I'm about to mail my cheque for the KR2S > plans, and just want to double-check with you about some things. > > First, R/R list prices for all sorts of prefabricated bits. If cost were > not a factor I'd buy the lot. I have no desire to be a hero and make every > single part if I don't have to. But the reality is that I need to add 50% > to all USD prices and then add freight as well as local GST. Costs mount > up pretty quickly when one does that. So I plan to buy what I have to, and > make the rest if I can. In your opinion, which prefabricated parts are > more desirable than others, or which ones are just not worth the hassle of > making oneself? A realistic compromise is what I'm looking for. > > A related question: > I noticed that the KR2S spruce kit prices at Wicks and AircraftSpruce both > differ from each other and (quite markedly) from the price quoted by > R/R. What's up with this? Is there an essential difference? Who do I buy > this from, and exactly what do I need to buy? > > Finally, the one-piece Grove gear looks simple enough. Has anyone bent > their own 2024-T6 gear to the Grove specs? > > Regards, > Duncan > > > > _______________________________________ > to UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to krnet-le...@mylist.net > please see other KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html >
