Dene, My main gear axle line is 4" behind the rear face of the main spar.
Dave Mullins Nashua, New Hampshire Dene Collett (SA) wrote: >Hi Guys >I am busy building the main gear legs for my tri gear and was just wondering >where the other guys with tri gear configs have positioned their wheels with >regard to the rear face of the main spar. I am able to get the centre of the >wheel about 215mm from the rear face of the spar. I would be interested if >all those with tri gear configs and have the info available would send it to >me privately. >I was looking at John Shaffer's plane and it would seem that his wheels are >a bit closer than this. Is there not a standard percentage weight that the >mains should handle or is it ok as long as the wheels are behind the rear CG >limit. >Thanks. >Dene Collett >KR2S-RT builder >Port Elizabeth >South Africa >mailto: dene.coll...@telkomsa.net >P.S: checkout www.whisperaircraft.com > > > >_______________________________________ >Search the KRnet Archives at http://www.maddyhome.com/krsrch/index.jsp >to UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to krnet-le...@mylist.net >please see other KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html > > >
