Now to answer your question, I have not heard of any failures. I have heard of guys who were leery of the nose gear strut and filled it with carbon fiber rods and epoxy to strengthen it. Personally, I do not feel this is necessary and only adds weight. When you taxi a nose wheel KR, there is very little actual weight on the nose gear. If you hit a bump in the taxiway, the nose will actually lift off the pavement. Of course, when the KR is on the ramp and no pilot is inside the CG moves farther forward which results in more weight on the nose gear. Again, this is of no concern to me as I have many times manually lifted the nose off the ground. When I did a W&B, there was 217 lbs on the nose wheel with the Corvair engine installed. Don't worry, you should have no problems with the Diehl nose gear.
Mark Jones (N886MJ) Wales, WI Web site: www.flykr2s.com Mailto:flyk...@wi.rr.com -----Original Message----- From: krnet-boun...@mylist.net [mailto:krnet-boun...@mylist.net]On Behalf Of Pitts Eric MSgt 181FW/MXOO Sent: Thursday, July 06, 2006 8:13 AM To: kr...@mylist.net Subject: KR> Nose gear failures How many nose gear failures have there been on KRs with the Diehl setup or any setup and what part failed? i.e. The strut the lower mount or engine mount Thanks Eric Pitts KR2S w/engine mount beening shipped today Terre Haute Indiana _______________________________________ 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