There have been at least a couple that I have heard about. I do remember that the early ones from Diehl were different than the ones he is making now. If I recall correctly he is filling the tube with a composite material now. Or maybe they were composite before and now they are a steel tube or vice versa. Anyway, I know that there was definitely a design change and the last time I spoke to him about it a few years ago he was giving free exchanges to the new type of tube if you had the old one. Call him up and see what the difference is and if you have the old or new type. You will be hard pressed to find a better and more friendly person to deal with than Dan.
Brian Kraut Engineering Alternatives, Inc. www.engalt.com -----Original Message----- From: krnet-boun...@mylist.net [mailto:krnet-boun...@mylist.net]On Behalf Of Joseph H. Horton Sent: Thursday, July 06, 2006 1:09 PM To: kr...@mylist.net Subject: Re: KR> Nose gear failures 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 > _______________________________________ 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
