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Non-plans fwd gear mount

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Robin Tripp

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I have several concerns about this. The plans have this as a single piece, spreading the load through all of the welds to the fuselage. It now appears that the welds are carrying the entire load. Based on the other welds, there could be voids underneath.

The flying wires are also intended to pass their loads to a single piece structure. It appears to be one piece with the gear mount added on top, but who knows without an X-ray?

Finally, the flying wire holes are off centre, and the tab may be in the wrong spot. I haven't measured. The gear mounts are correct. Those I checked with the gear installed.

Once again, I am leaning heavily toward removing them. Gear collapses happen, but I am a big fan of the wings staying on!

Thoughts?[
 

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