Larry I think most people at least in this group have used either Dan Diehl gear, or Grove gear. The Grove gear being simpler to install, but no as aerodynamic since it surface mounts through the bottom skin in to the spar. I believe it also raises the nose slightly higher, and you don't have to worry about individual toe-in, just alignment with the taxi/thrust line. Maybe alittle more work to run brake lines?! I have Diehl gear and very happy with it. With 5 X 5.00 tires/wheels I have good ground clearance without having the nose sooo high that I have to lean out of the cockpit to see, lol.
Don't know what the test ratings are for certified gear but Cessna will give $10,000 to anyone who breaks their main gear legs, and let me tell you this will be no small feat! I have been on landings with students where I took the rest of the day off to give my back a chance to recuperate from the impact, and two of my friends who were also instructors at the time hit so hard with one of their students, and two separate occasions, that the nose gear bent on one, while the firewall caved in on the other. This damage AFTER the mains had taken the brunt of the initial landing impact! And you wonder why that 3 year CFI has a twitch, and begins to get the tremors when a no hour private pilot hopeful begins talking to him! Cheap date in Georgia: a day of inside painting, followed by a 6 pack of Bud, and then cruise the trailer parks for a date! Born and raised in Smyrna GA, and yes my family tree has more than one branch! Colin M Rainey First National Mortgage Sources Lending Solutions in All 50 States 386-673-6814 o 407-739-0834 c co...@firstnationalmortgage.org
