Mark, Your statement below reminds me of my old Cessna 120. The Cessna 120 could nose over if the right situation arose probably mostly from applying too much braking by the pilot. Several 120s I have seen over the years had a horizontal steel bracket bolted to the normal axle bolt holes. This bracket extended several inches forward of course because Cessna 120s are tail draggers. The axle was then bolted to the forward end of the extension. This extension with its extra leverage was supposed to really help prevent a nose over situation on the 120. I always assumed that Cessna made these parts since it is a certified aircraft but I don't know that. I would imagine this same principle should work on a nose dragger, with a rearward extension. The twisting moment might need to be considered on the fiberglass landing gear. It may not matter as much as my imagination says it may! Just wondering Sid if you have done your weight and balance? I will assume you can't move your engine forward! Larry H
> On Jul 5, 2014, at 6:00 PM, Mark Langford via KRnet <krnet at list.krnet.org> > wrote: > > > Can't you simply bolt an appropriate sized adapter plate to your current > lower gear attach bracket that extends rearward just enough to keep the thing > off it's tail? Assuming it's thick enough, I would not expect any toe/camber > geometry changes, although if you have wheel pants, they would need some > reworking to meet up with the gear legs. > > That's essentially what I did to make my gear longer, except I went down > instead of aft. Really, I just made a new lower bracket that was longer, but > essentially the same concept. It worked, but I didn't like the view over the > cowling. You could also take that approach...redesigned bottom gear brackets > that relocate the wheels further aft. > > Mark Langford > ML at N56ML.com > website at http://
