"Robert L. Stone" <rsto...@hot.rr.com> wrote: Ron,
In regard to this which you wrote: "I am starting this week on the spars. I plan to built them with the dihedral bend at the fuselage wall. "Bent Spars" as they have become known." Are you going to just make the center spar shorter, that is the same width as the fuselage and then extend the length of the wings so that the total wing length stays the same? If so where will you attach the landing gear? If you attach the landing gear to the center spar even out as far as you can, this might make the main wheels so close together as to cause problems landing. I have heard this was one of the problems with the Premier fighter used in england during WWll, the Spitfire. Bob Stone, Harker Heights, Tx Hi Bob, I'm leaning toward Grove landing gear. That will eliminate the clearance problem. Dave Mullens has a link to Grove on his sight, and Mark Lankford does as well. I will be making it a Trigear. I have about 25 hours in a C152, so I want the trigear because of the lack of experience. With the Grove gear I should be able to convert the plane to a tail dragger later if I so desire, although I probably wont. Thanks for the reply, Ron Smith, Cypress ca. 714-231-9605
