Thanks to all who responded to my questions regarding long drill bits and
the attaching of the WAF's. I took a regular 3/16 bit to a new friend today
who runs a business making all sorts of control cables for
auto/marine/industrial and other. He is getting one of his staff to lengthen
it for me so it looks like I will get the job done this week end.
As for the weight of a retract system compared to a fixed gear, remember I
said we mostly used leaf spring material over here because it is readily
available unlike the exotic aluminuims like 2024. For interest sake, does
someone have the weight of a Deal gear leg and of the attach bracket +
bolts.My design does not have any attach brackets to speak of as they piggy
back on the WAF bolts (aluminuim plate straddling the two WAF's) also no
wheel fairings. Although the steel legs are heavy, ZS-WEC was built to a
weight of around 620# originally so it needn't mean an overweight bird at
the end of the day.(Serge, I would be interested to know what it weighs
now??)
Dene Collett
KR2S-RT builder
Port Elizabeth
South Africa
mailto: dene.coll...@telkomsa.net
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