Jeff, Here is how I did my wheel pants. Backing plates definitely needed. http://websites.expercraft.com/sidwood/index.php?q=log_entry&log_id=4033 http://websites.expercraft.com/sidwood/images/9261150634548046811dd7.jpg I used metal stopnut plates riveted to small aluminum rectangles. The aluminum rectangles had lots of extra holes drilled for the epoxy flox to squish through for extra holding on the inside of the fiberglass pant. These stop nuts and the entire wheel pant assembly will get a lot of abuse from rough field landing and take off plus sand, mud, water and freezing slush. Baffles fore and aft in the wheel pant will help to limit debris accumulation and cut down on air circulation for better aerodynamics.. Recommend stainless steel hardware wherever possible in this area.
Sid Wood Tri-gear KR-2 N6242 Mechanicsville, MD, USA smw...@md.metrocast.net +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ From: Jeff York <jeffyor...@yahoo.com> Subject: KR> wheel pants Does anyone have some nice detailed pictures of how they did their wheel pants specific to the main gear. Maybe if you know which completed or under construction sites on the KRnet lists. I have started and stopped the completion of my main wheel pant installation mostly because I do not know if I should or should not constuct a backing plate assembly on the gear leg side of the installation. My wheel pants have the gear leg fairing mating assembly and the actual wheel pants Re: the Tom Crawford assembly on his KR and I once took detailed pictures of his at Sun N Fun years ago. Has anyone out there had good luck with just mating the two assemblies via epoxing nuts to the inside of the pant, and bolting the gear leg fairing to the pant and associated bolt through on the outside center of the pant to the axle? Am I making sense here? Or is it best to build an alum backing plate re: the Cessna wheel pant type assembly? My concern is wheel pant flex slash ending up breaking off on landing slash ??? Jeff York KR2
