Just think how much lighter and faster if it did not have that nose gear.
Sent from my iPhone On Nov 29, 2012, at 5:58 AM, "Sid Wood" <smw...@md.metrocast.net> wrote: > I made the retract to fixed gear conversion using Diehl gear legs and Diehl > nose gear. Weighed the airplane before and after conversion. Including the > added nose gear, rim and tire, N6242 lost 17 pounds. The conversion got me > a lighter, more reliable and tri-gear airplane. Sounds like a win-win-win > situation to me. > Your results may vary. > > Sid Wood > Tri-gear KR-2 N6242 > Mechanicsville, MD, USA > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------ > Really? Has anyone weighed a set of each and compared? I'll bet it's not a > huge difference. I could be wrong, I've not weighed them, I don't know. > Maybe someone who has done it can "weigh in" on the matter... > > On Wed, Nov 28, 2012 at 1:19 PM, <mfreem...@indy.rr.com> wrote: > >> (QUOTE)Why remove them?(/QUOTE) Because they are very heavy. > > > > _______________________________________ > Search the KRnet Archives at http://tugantek.com/archmailv2-kr/search. > To UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to krnet-le...@mylist.net > please see other KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html
