birdus
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The short version is that I bought a fuselage for my Super Baby Great Lakes. It came with spring landing gear (among other things). As an aside, I'm the fifth (!) owner of this fuselage. It needs some work, but I think I'm ahead by buying it. Anyway, I have a question about the spring landing gear it came with (the plans call out gear more along the lines of what a Pitts has). I actually e-mailed Grove twice about this, but they never responded, so I'm asking you guys here.
The gear seem like they massive positive camber (excessive?). I realize that some of that will be squashed out after everything is on the plane (e.g., engine, full fuel, etc.), so its stance on the ground should look more normal (i.e., wheel more or less vertical). However, of course, when landing, the gear will have this major positive camber. Is this correct? Is this landing gear correct for my plane? (NOTE: I will plan on buying and using radius plates for mounting the gear.)
Here are the measurements:
Depth (front to back at top where it attaches to fuselage): 6
Width, wheel to wheel: 48
Width (flat along top): 25
Height: 19
Bolt pattern: 1.375, center to center, square pattern
Thickness: 1/2
Thanks for any thoughts and advice.
Jay
The gear seem like they massive positive camber (excessive?). I realize that some of that will be squashed out after everything is on the plane (e.g., engine, full fuel, etc.), so its stance on the ground should look more normal (i.e., wheel more or less vertical). However, of course, when landing, the gear will have this major positive camber. Is this correct? Is this landing gear correct for my plane? (NOTE: I will plan on buying and using radius plates for mounting the gear.)
Here are the measurements:
Depth (front to back at top where it attaches to fuselage): 6
Width, wheel to wheel: 48
Width (flat along top): 25
Height: 19
Bolt pattern: 1.375, center to center, square pattern
Thickness: 1/2
Thanks for any thoughts and advice.
Jay
