Just a side not on wheel pants. There have been some recent nose overs on nosedragger RVs landing on grass field where the nose wheel "squished" on landing and rubbed the cutout of the nose wheel pants. This caused the wheel to stop turning causing a lockup and subsequent loss of control...................just food for thought.
Dana Overall 1999 & 2000 National KR Gathering host Richmond, KY i39 RV-7 slider, Imron black, "Black Magic" Finish kit 13B Rotary. Hangar flying my Dynon. http://rvflying.tripod.com/aero1.jpg http://rvflying.tripod.com/aero3.jpg http://rvflying.tripod.com/blackrudder.jpg do not archive >From: "Mark Langford" <n5...@hiwaay.net> >Reply-To: KRnet <kr...@mylist.net> >To: "KRnet" <kr...@mylist.net> >Subject: Re: KR> wheel pants Date: Wed, 5 Jan 2005 19:18:12 -0600 > >You don't actually NEED a hole anywhere on the axle, depending on what kind >of wheel pants you have. Many wheel pants are split either vertically or >horizontally, and fit together. If they're not split, you can split them >and add a joggle to reattach the halves. Then you sandwich a piece of .090 >aluminum between axle and gear leg, maybe 4" tall and 8" long, extending >front and rear, and use that piece of aluminum to attach one half (or maybe >even both), and the other half attaches to the first half. That's one way, >anyway. I'm sure somebody has some photos somewhere. I haven't done it >yet, but mine will be split. Split wheel pants allow you to more fully >enclose the tire for better aerodynamics. The threaded hole in the axle >would certainly help stabilize things though. > >Mark Langford, Huntsville, Alabama >see KR2S project N56ML at http://home.hiwaay.net/~langford >email to N56ML "at" hiwaay.net >-------------------------------------------------------------- > > >_______________________________________ >Search the KRnet Archives at http://www.maddyhome.com/krsrch/index.jsp >to UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to krnet-le...@mylist.net >please see other KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html
