That all sounds reasonable to set up for drilling. I did it with a level making the strut plumb. The one thing that Dan told me recently is that the vertical leg that the nose heel attaches to must trail by 5 deg. or you well surely have nose wheel shimmy. I also left the strut a little long on purpose when cutting it to give just a little extra for prop clearance. I think that I picked up an extra inch that way and it is not noticeable sitting on the ground. Joe Horton, Coopersburg, PA. joe.kr2s.buil...@juno.com
On Sun, 11 Jun 2006 20:43:54 -0500 "D. F. Lively" <riksh...@interl.net> writes: > Hi Netters: > > I looked in the archives and would like some direction on Nose gear > > alignment. > > > I have installed the Nose-Gear ass'y and GP 5 pt mount on my KR but > now > wish to locate the holes in the front strut accurately. > > I was going to level the craft "left to right" using a self-leveling > > "Laser Level" and then turn the nose strut in its reciever until it > is > perpendicular to the vertical "Lazer Cross-hair" so I can mark > where > it must be drilled for attachment into its receptical. --Does this > seem > like a good proceedure? > > After that is done the instructions say something about cutting off > the > nose-gear strut so the the nose gear will allow the plane to sit > level.. My question is methodology so as not to make a mistake > here > and also drilling the Mtg Bolt in the correct place to avoid the > potential for "Shimmy"? > > Thanks in advance. > > Don Lively > Burlington IA 52601 > _______________________________________ > 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 > > Joe Horton, Coopersburg, PA. joe.kr2s.buil...@juno.com
