Eric, Just working from memory here but I think that I knew of 2 and one was on a grass field, I think that both folded the strut it's self. I am sure they were both before 1999 as I first found out about them when I joined the net. Having said that I have damaged mine while beating the runway into submission on one of my very early flights. It took 4.5 g's to bend it 4 deg's. Dan did not have a new one in stock to replace it so he told me to bend it back just this once. It took all my weight and strength an a 8 ft lever with the strut fit between 2 trailer hitch balls on my truck bumper to get it back in shape. Mark is right about it not having that much weight on it. Mine was 215#. Joe Horton, Coopersburg, PA. joe.kr2s.buil...@juno.com
On Thu, 6 Jul 2006 09:12:32 -0400 Pitts Eric MSgt 181FW/MXOO <eric.pi...@interr.ang.af.mil> writes: > 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 >