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The other reason Diehl wanted them wrapped is because the glass in the
legs is unidirectional and the wrap prevents them from splitting with
the grain. Apparently Grumman never had that problem and I don't know
if an unwrapped KR leg ever would split, but I could see a crack
potentially developing
At 06:16 PM 12/10/2014, you wrote:
>On the KR2S I'd cut them to no less than 26" and more likely, 28"
>for a better three point attitude on the ground.
+++
That's with a tail wheel, not a nose dragger. Nose wheel usi
At 12:23 PM 12/10/2014, you wrote:
>The Grumman gear is also a lot wider to start with than the Diehl
>gear which is why they don't twist.
>
Based on my experience with 30" Diehl gear legs, if I were using the
Yankee gear legs I would cut them to the s
The wrap also allows you to to put some foam streamlining on the leading and
trailing edges plus letting you embed a plastic soda straw conduit for a
brake line.
Sid Wood
Tri-gear KR-2 N6242
Mechanicsville, MD, USA
The
The Grumman gear is also a lot wider to start with than the Diehl gear which is
why they don't twist.
On Wed, 12/10/14, Sid Wood via KRnet wrote:
Subject: Re: KR> LANDING GEAR LEGS
To: krnet at list.krnet.org
Date: Wednesday, December 10, 2014, 12:
Yep. Just mark them out with a Sharpie, cut them on a sawbench and round
the edges with a router. Once you've done that just follow the same steps
as for the 'standard' legs - i.e. wrap them with fibreglass, etc.
The Grumman legs are thicker than the 'standard' legs - by about 1/4" I
think. I'm
The reason the?Diehl gear legs are wrapped is because the legs have a tendency
to twist when the brakes are applied. ?So the glass stiffens to legs. With our
legs being 1" thick we may not need to wrap them.
Paul Visk
Belleville I'll
618-406-4705?
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