Just bought some material suitable for KR landing gear on eBay. Brand new
(although quite old) undrilled struts for a Grumman Lynx. They're bigger
and heavier than required for KR2, but they can be machined down with
normal woodworking tools. Cost $18 each plus delivery. They still had
some in
Thanks to Jon Kimmel and Larry Flesner for gear strut drilling advice. May
be some time before I get the new struts.
As I said in the previous post: Trying not to tear the stub wing apart to do
the new installation. I want to avoid patching fiberglass and painting.
Sid Wood
Tri-gear KR-2 N6242
The main gear struts are off the airplane. This after-the-fact
de-installation without tearing the stub wing apart is akin to extracting
two of your own teeth without benefit of Novocain or booze. For these
tail-dragger struts Larry Flesner had suggested filling in the old holes
with flox and
Here's a simple trick for match drilling...lay a sheet of mylar (or other
stable plastic) on the fitting...transfer the holes to the mylar...then
transfer back to the new parts. Works better than drilling through the old
part to the new in the case of holes that aren't exactly perpendicular.
You s
At 07:05 PM 9/9/2014, you wrote:
>I am going to hold on to them for a while until I get the new struts
>installed; need the old struts for match-drill hole pattern for my
>spar brackets.
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I'd
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