Did you guys know Steve Wittman designed the Cessna gear? Bobby
> 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 > > _______________________________________ > 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 >
