Paul Visk wrote:
> Another thing I'm worrying about being that the gear mounts or so far
out from center is that on a hard landing the center spar would snap in
half. <
I can answer that one for you. I broke the fiberglass gear leg off
clean when I had to put N56ML into a pasture, and the s
My main gear wheels are just outside the wing attach mounts. I forgot to take
in account the wheel fairings so to be able to trailer the airplane legally I
would have to take the fairings off cuz the maximum width that you can be
without a permit is 8' 6". Another thing I'm worrying about bein
Mark said,
"it's the cylinder walls rusting, especially in a humid outside
environment like an airplane
lives in. Valve guides don't worry me at all...they are barely lubed at
all, . . .
Mike: In squirting oil down the guides it would be for the purpose of
lubing the lobes, not the guides. T
Which one gives better ground handling though? Isn't that what we are
looking for?
Mark W.
N952MW
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Mark L wrote...
...gear leg castings as close as possible to the fuselage. This yielded an
airplane that just
barely f
Bob Russell wrote:
>>I am changing the gear on GSJS to fixed and I have my castings to
fasten to the spar. I am just not sure of the proper placement and the
archives appear to be having a problem. Can someone tell me how far
inboard from the stub wing tip they should be? <<
I believe N891JF
I am changing the gear on GSJS to fixed and I have my castings to fasten to the
spar.
Bob
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Bob,
I think the answer is "where would you like them to be mounted"?
Larry Flesner
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I can tell you my gear was 8‘6“ from center to center of the wheel I’m not sure
how far that put the brackets from the fuselage but I was thinking it’s right
around 18 inches
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> On May 29, 2018, at 1:46 PM, Chris Gardiner via KRnet
> wrote:
>
> Bob,
> The Diehl plans say t
Bob,
The Diehl plans say to place them as close to the fuselage as possible.
Use the appropriate AN bolts and lock nuts to mount to the spar.
Regards
Chris Gardiner
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> On May 28, 2018, at 9:27 PM, Robert Russell via KRnet
> wrote:
>
> I am changing the gear on GSJS to fixed an
On 5/28/2018 8:27 PM, Robert Russell via KRnet wrote:
I am changing the gear on GSJS to fixed and I have my castings to fasten to the
spar. I am just not sure of the proper placement and the archives appear to be
having a problem. Can someone tell me how far inboard from the stub wing tip
they
Zinc phosphate is fine. I guess they don't make zinc chromate anymore because
in one of our great States it causes cancer.Just remember zinc phosphate is not
meant to be used as the undercoat.
Paul ViskBelleville Il.618-406-4705
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