Grove gear on a model 1

[SkySteve]

Model I with Grove Grear on a very nice, smooth paved runway (yeah, right) or an island cow trail:

[SkyPirate]

being very close to the strut carry thru,..did you have to add much support around the lower longerons Steve? or was there enough " meat" there already?

Chase

[Dave F]

If you want to look on how ot make a tougher gear then look at what Highlander has done. Look at the video with the slats to see how you can hammer this gear. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ccYFqY4Ymg

The guys making them now should be using the front float attach bracket as well making it a 50% improvment in gear strength as you know has 3 legs rather than 2. plus the weight is distributed over 3 attach points rather then 2 .
But remember the longerons are not strong enough to take a real beating especially the models 1 and 2 and 3

Guys were bending the 1/4 bolts and now using 5/16" diameter bolts.

The new highlander gear with the new suspension allows for I bet 10 to 16" of travel. the Cabane style cannot take this.

I have done some pretty radical flying in very rough terrain with stock gear. Model 4 though which I bet is 50 % plus stronger than the earlier thinner wall tubing.


Food for thought before you write off your plane using a gear that you only think might take a beating and it jus might but the "chain is only as strong as the weakest link".

[SkyPirate]

It's all experimental until you find something that doesnt leave you stranded with , options are working with what you have, and keep in mind, what your working with

[FoxDB]

Dave F,
When designing my gear for the Kitfox 1, I considered a 3 point attachment of the gear legs. My mod does not have the forward attach points. Although from what I understand the forward points Centerline is not inline with the other 2 attach points anyway. My hard landing was extremely hard yet the gear fared fine.
Dave