Bob,
They are 26 inches, I just cut the bar in half. No I have not flown it yet.
I did not test them, but I felt they would be plenty strong. If they can hold
the weight of a KR2 in a horizontal position. I would think they could hold
even more at a 45 degree angle. You can also gain more height by just making
the lower brackets longer. I also put a web on the inside of the lower
brackets, extended those webs below the bottom of the axle to use as a jack
point to change a tire.
My top brackets are 9 inches (as much as I could get and stay inside the
wing) on the slant, so that only leaves about a 17 inch arm to the bottom of
the leg. I don't know if it will handle a 5 g landing but it might. Maybe I can
get Mark L. to test it for me. lol
I'm sure someone could do the math on what that bar could handle at a 45
degree angle verses a horz. bar at given weights, the arms and g factors.
After 60 my brain doesn't want to do anything anymore. So for all you young
brains out there, get to work on this, I would kind of like to know myself.
----- Original Message -----
From: bearlk...@aol.com
To: kr...@mylist.net
Sent: Thursday, September 17, 2009 3:58 PM
Subject: Re: KR> Astrovan main gear legs
Mike,
I bought and tested some astro van legs a couple of years back, and found
them too flexible to hold the weight of a Kr2 and a safety factor of 1.5.
Being shy of prop strike, I shelved the astro van legs and went another
direction. A couple of questions- how long are your gear legs, and (your
message implies it has not yet flown) how did you test them?
Bob Polgreen
Nowthen MN
