Sure you can. But I think that it would be added weight that's just not be needed. Stick with on or the other. You will become more proficient that way.
On 3/23/10, Edward Spyker <jes...@yahoo.com> wrote: > Regarding Kris Leirfallom's question. > I had pondered this too. My thought was to use a hybrid of wing attach > fittings morphed with Diehl inspired main gear attach fittings out on the > ends of the center spar. I considered that if this was possible I might kill > three or four birds with one stone. What I hoped to achieve is to get the > main gear out of the prop wash. If this can work then why not duplicate the > wing/gear attach on both the front and back sides of the main center spar so > that the main gear legs might be mounted as tri gear and then later > re-mounted as conventional gear. My big question would be this. Did Diehl > mount his gear where he did because there were WAF's in his way further out, > or because the moment arm of the landing load would exceed the structural > integrity of the center spar if placed further out? > > Edward Spyker > > > " Maybe some way the Diehl nose gear can be installed and removed again and > the > main gear can be moved from the front of the spar to the back of the spar." > > Kris Leirfallom > CFI > KR-2 Builder > > > > _______________________________________ > 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 > -- M. Greg Martin
