My 30" legs were used as received. Thin lay up of glass only to finish them and feather in the filler at the front and back for the brake lines. Can't say that I've had any complaints about mine after 1200 hrs.
It is my understanding that the Diehl legs can flex far enough for the tires to touch the wings in an extremely hard landing, although I don't know of any first hand cases of such. -Jeff Sent: Friday, January 11, 2019 at 4:55 PM From: "Flesner via KRnet" <krnet@list.krnet.org> To: krnet@list.krnet.org Cc: Flesner <fles...@frontier.com> Subject: Re: KR> Gear leg deflection? On 1/11/2019 11:11 AM, Rodger via KRnet wrote: > How much will the Diehl gear legs deflect? > Larry, how much do your longer gear legs deflect? > Rodger +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ I have no way of knowing but I'm very happy with them. I have 30" Diehl legs (cut to 29") and I added approx 1/8" glass the entire length of the leg. When first installed I had two buddies set in the KR and the legs seemed to have more flex than I thought looked good. I added the glass at that point. Having flown spring gear and oleo gear I think I like my gear better than anything else I've flown, not too stiff, not too springy. I usually fly at 1150 gross but made a flight to Oshkosh and back (6 hours, 4 landings) at 1300 pounds and it handled it just fine. My opinion, not based on any measurable facts, is the standard 24" Diehl leg is probably fine up to 1200 pounds, the 30" Diehl leg needs a bit of stiffening at those weights, and legs cut from Yankee gear legs (slightly thicker then Diehl legs) should be fine at any length. Jeff Scott has the same legs as mine with 1000+ hours but I don't know if he used them as received from Diehl or added any glass. Go to https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cgdgxVgPNAk and watch the video (takeoff and landing) to see how little the gear flexes. I try to make as close to 1G landings as possible.:-) Larry Flesner _______________________________________________ Search the KRnet Archives at https://www.mail-archive.com/krnet@list.krnet.org/. Please see LIST RULES and KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html. see http://list.krnet.org/mailman/listinfo/krnet_list.krnet.org to change options. To UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to krnet-le...@list.krnet.org
