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 actual weight of the gear, but you should be able to extrapolate something from this information. For more information, write to Dan Diehl. See you in Mt. Vernon - 2005 - KR Gathering See N64KR at http://KR-Builder.org - Then click on the pics There is a time for building and a time for FLYING and the time for building has expired. Daniel R. Heath - Columbia, SC -------Original Message------- Does anyone know what the Diehl main gear setup weighs? Does anyone have any idea as to how much weight I could save if I went to the fiberglass mains and converted to a tailwheel?
