Bob Russell wrote:
>> I picked up the landing gear yesterday from the guy I bought C-GSJS
from. It is ( I think) from a Grumman or something similar. The
fireglass legs are quite wide and heavy so will need to be cut down and
streamlined and the axles are 1.5 in. I am wondering if there are wheels
I can use fort he KR with that axle size or if I need to come up with a
different plan.I did search the archives and came across a thread where
someone made their gear legs from the bar used in the original retracts. <<
Those 1.5" axles are for 600x6 wheels, which are rather large for a
KR...they look like tundra tires to me. Most use the 500x5 wheels,
which have 1.25" axles, but are otherwise similar.
A quick trip to Aircraft Spruce and a search for "axle" will explain a
lot about this. Some older KRs even use solid steel 5/8" axles, but
they are really not up to the job for a heavier KR, and are marginal for
a light one.
See
http://www.aircraftspruce.com/search/search.php?cache=4fad7ef2ac4e5a6506201fe0c54e5744&filter=&perpage=all&pageno=1
Mark Langford
m...@n56ml.com
http://www.n56ml.com
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