Hi Pat Well, there is nothing special about my gear except that it will retract. The mains will be mounted to the wing attach fittings on the wing stubs and retract towards the fuz with gear doors closing behind them. My nose wheel, sorry make that training wheel, will also retract into a hole cut between the spar and 1/4" floor ply carrying the rudder pedals. The leg will be hidden in a recess in a foam extension of the fuz much like Mark L's.There will also be a door closing behind the wheel. The whole system will be hydraulically actuated by an electric/hydraulic pump. As a backup the system will be fitted with a manual bypass valve located in a convenient spot that can be opened if the pump fails. This will allow fluid to flow directly from the one side of the rams to the other without passing through the pump. Extension will be assisted by regular automotive gas struts and gravity. In short, if the pump fails: slow down, open bypass valve, gear extends and locks and is not able to be retracted without hydraulic pressure. The automatic extension system is merely a pressure switch contact hooked to the or another pitot line in parallel to the gear down contact with an interlock preventing simultaneous selection of gear up(manually after take off) and gear down(automatic before sufficient speed has been reached). So far I have the main gear legs welded up and am working(slowly) on the retract system. I will only be able to build the nose gear once I have an engine mount for the corvair motor that I also don't have YET. Don't hold your breath, this could take a while.For a look at what I will be doing, take a look at the "infinity" aftermarket retract system they sell for the canard range of aircraft. My retract system will work with small hydraulic rams just like theirs. Now to find someone who can make me two custom hydraulic rams. Regards Dene Collett KR2S builder Freelance whisper assembler South Africa mailto: dene.coll...@telkomsa.net
----- Original Message ----- From: patrusso <patru...@sover.net> To: KRnet <kr...@mylist.net> Sent: Monday, September 19, 2005 11:44 PM Subject: Re: KR> Nose Gear question > Dene > Can you share the how to build and tuck the nose wheel bit with us? > Pat > ----- Original Message ----- > > > I will wimp out and fit mine with a "training wheel" but nobody will know > > anyway. It will be tucked away inside the fuz in flight with the mains. > > > > _______________________________________ > 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 >
