Landing gear weight is pretty much the same in a well designed system.
The ability of Spring steel, aluminum, and fiberglass is about the same
for the same amount of energy absorbed. The issue is well designed, and
for many situations, actual service in the field is also a good
indicator of suitab
Larry
I have the Dan Diehl gear bit have not weighted them
the following was cut and pasted from Dan\s web page.
http://www.diehlaero.com/landing.htm
So if you know the weight of the retact gear, the tri gera is 7 lbs lighter
???
Specifications
Conventional Gear
5 mph increase cruising speed ov
So that would indicate that the scoochers are 10MPH faster than the nosers.
Glad to be a schoocher.
See N64KR at http://KRBuilder.org - Then click on the pics
See you in Mt. Vernon - 2006 - KR Gathering
There is a time for building and a time for FLYING and the time for building
is OVER.
Daniel
Dan,
There is a time for building, a time for scooching, and a time for flying !
Larry H.
Does anyone know what the Diehl main gear setup weighs?
I currently have a trike. The main gear is about 3/4 in Al. and am looking
to save as much weight as I can. The nose gear is from a BD4, kinda a nice
set up..has about 4 inches of travel as a shock.
My thought is that if I got rid of the
Diehl Conventional Gear
5 mph increase cruising speed over STD retract gear.
15 lbs weight savings over the retract gear.
Diehl Tricycle Gear
5 mph slower cruising speed.than retract gear
7 lbs weight savings over the stock retract gear.
This info is off DiehlAero.com
He does not list the a
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>Does anyone know what the Diehl main gear setup weighs?
>-=Jeff=-
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Jeff,
Before you travel too far down that road, do a W&B on paper to
make sure your KR can take that kind of weight shift and
still be in the allowable CG range. You may h
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