KR> Grove gear question

There is a certain amount of camber angle to the gear to compensate for a/c weight. Does anybody have the camber angle in degrees? I'm thinking of trying to make some fiberglass maingear and I'd like a starting point for that angle if anyone can help. I'll make the gear, post some pics and test

KR> Grove gear question

Having just made my own 'glass gear, I can tell you this... It's a tedious process :-) The camber angle is based on how much deflection of the gear leg at what weight, so the answer is "it depends". My legs are 25.5 inches long (hyp dim) at a 45deg angle. I ended up with a calculated angle of

KR> Grove gear question

Matthew Elder wrote: Having just made my own 'glass gear, I can tell you this... It's a tedious process :-) The camber angle is based on how much deflection of the gear leg at what weight, so the answer is "it depends". My legs are 25.5 inches long (hyp dim) at a 45deg

KR> Grove gear question

Matthew Elder wrote: Having just made my own 'glass gear, I can tell you this... It's a tedious process :-) The camber angle is based on how much deflection of the gear leg at what weight, so the answer is "it depends". My legs are 25.5 inches long (hyp dim) at a 45deg

KR> Grove gear question

Hrmm... Well something like 40 layers of unidirectional (15 oz) and 12 or so layers of tri-ply woven (22 oz). I don't have my sketch in front of me here at work, so I don't remember for sure. They are an inch think at the mount locations on the spars, and taper down to about .7" at the wheel