> > > Mark J, I agree with you, as long as you can match the angle that will place > your axles far enough forward of the main spar forward face and your airplane > won’t fall on its nose! > > The only reason I felt compelled to post these instructions I received from > Dan in 1988 was to try and make sure everyone understands what they should be > doing. There is no need for TriGear KRs to be falling on their tail when you > get in or Taildraggers to easily dump onto their noses in a hard braking > situation. > > Maybe Jeff Scott or Larry Flesner can remember exactly what they did. Since > their legs are slightly longer, 6” I think, that would put their axles > slightly further forward from the forward face of the main spar shear-web > than the 24” Gear legs will. If their angled cut at the top that goes > against the spar was cut the same as the 24 inch legs from Dan Diehl, they > should be farther forward less likely to dump over on their nose. Dan May > have cut those angles slightly less to compensate and place their Axles in > the exact same place as the 24” for all I know. As long as they can rotate > and take off, which they can then they have more ground clearance and > hopefully less likely to dump over in a hard braking situation. > I used to think that all of Diehls Landing Gear were cut at the top the same, > just keep the angles against the spar whether it was a Taildragger or a > Tricycle. As I looked at these instructions I see they state the TriGear leg > has two angles cut at the top. Looking at Craig’s video it looks like there > are two different angles cut as Dan states. If so I would pick or cut the > angle that closest matched the drawing I made off of the Taildragger version > gear I had for a Taildragger. > I recently purchased a set of Landing Gear with the aluminum brackets bolted > to the landing gear. The top end of the angle plate the gear bolts to is more > narrow than the bottom end. The tapers cut into these landing gear are done > so to also match the angle of the casting. The one I have here has the > Taildragger leg on it because the top only has one angle cut on it and the > front side is straight. If the TriGear version had Two angles cut on it that > had to mean that the more severe angle that goes against the rear of the spar > on the TriGear version is less of an angle than the angle that is for a > Taildragger!! I haven’t checked a TriGear but the axle on a TriGear has to be > slightly closer to the face of the Shear-web Than the axle is for the > Taildragger version. Maybe someone can confirm or repute that. >
> > > The two bolts to the left in this upper photo are at the top. This photo is a > top view looking downward. > > Larry H > >> On Aug 18, 2019, at 11:13 AM, Mark Jones via KRnet <krnet@list.krnet.org> >> wrote: >> >> Larry those instructions should help to clear up things. I still see no >> reason why the legs with angles on both sides won’t work. If you get an >> angle 15 to 20 degrees in front of the spar to axle is go for it. But that’s >> just me. Your results may differ. >> >> Mark Jones >> Oldsmar, Fl >> >> N771MJ “WunderBird” >> www.flykr2s.com >> flyk...@gmail.com >> >> >> >>>
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