Ron, Steve Lemke made his own fiberglass gear. I believe he still monitors this list. If he does not respond, I will send you his email off the list.
Ameet --- Ron Smith <mercedesm...@yahoo.com> wrote: > Has anyone ever made fiberglass mains for the Kr > with a similar construction to the Grove gear? What > I'm talking about is a bow like structure that would > be flat along the bottom, then a curved arc from the > fuselage to the wheels. I was thinking of 1/2 inch > foam for the inside core, with spruce where the main > brackets attach ( to avoid the crush effect), and a > taper down to solid aluminum where the wheel axles > attach. I was going to use unidirectional fiberglass > with a buildup to the point where I would have > about 13k lb failure point. > > I guess I could just fork out 1000 dollars for the > Grove Gear, but I like experimenting. > > Any thoughts? > > > --------------------------------- > Yahoo! Shopping > Find Great Deals on Holiday Gifts at Yahoo! > Shopping > _______________________________________ > 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 > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com
