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Matt Dralle
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 Posted: Mon May 06, 2013 8:36 am Post subject: Gear tower |
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At 09:02 AM 5/6/2013 Monday, you wrote:
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New to the list and I did not find the answer in the archives (RV10 builder now building an  .
Asked Van's about cutting out the area between the lower and middle lightening holes to improve access to that area, especially the attach bolts. KenS sent me the following reply this morning: "We know that some builders have done this, but we've never found the need. We have no engineering data one way or another on such a mod so we have no basis for advice."
Have any of the 8 builders done this modification and were you able to do any engineering analysis on resulting tower?
I plan to cover this area with a plate using plate nuts as was described in one of the forums.
Thanks - John Miller (Grumpy)
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John,
I wouldn't do it. My experience has been that the gear towers in the -8 are a little underwhelming in terms of strength to begin with. The attached pictures show what happened to my RV-8 when I got it sideways during a high speed taxi incident. I had already landed and was making the turn off the runway onto the taxiway. I wish there was some engineered, accepted way of beefing up these gear towers. It would have been a lot less work than having to rebuild a whole new fuselage...
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Matt Dralle
RV-8 #82880 N998RV "Ruby Vixen"
http://www.mattsrv8.com - Matt's Complete RV-8 Construction Log
http://www.mattsrv8.com/Mishap - Landing Mishap Rebuild Log
http://www.youtube.com/MattsRV8 - Matt's RV-8 HDTV YouTube Channel
Status: 172+ Hours TTSN - Rebuilding Fuselage After Landing Mishap...
RV-6 #20916 N360EM "The Flyer"
http://www.mattsrv6.com - Matt's RV-6 Revitalization Log
Status: 150+ Hours Since Purchase - Upgrades Complete; Now In Full Flyer Mode
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Location: Livermore CA USA
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| Posted: Mon May 06, 2013 8:37 am Post subject: Gear tower |
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At 09:02 AM 5/6/2013 Monday, you wrote:
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New to the list and I did not find the answer in the archives (RV10 builder now building an .
Asked Van's about cutting out the area between the lower and middle lightening holes to improve access to that area, especially the attach bolts. KenS sent me the following reply this morning: "We know that some builders have done this, but we've never found the need. We have no engineering data one way or another on such a mod so we have no basis for advice."
Have any of the 8 builders done this modification and were you able to do any engineering analysis on resulting tower?
I plan to cover this area with a plate using plate nuts as was described in one of the forums.
Thanks - John Miller (Grumpy)
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John,
I wouldn't do it. My experience has been that the gear towers in the -8 are a little underwhelming in terms of strength to begin with. The attached pictures show what happened to my RV-8 when I got it sideways during a high speed taxi incident. I had already landed and was making the turn off the runway onto the taxiway. I wish there was some engineered, accepted way of beefing up these gear towers. It would have been a lot less work than having to rebuild a whole new fuselage...
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Matt Dralle
RV-8 #82880 N998RV "Ruby Vixen"
http://www.mattsrv8.com - Matt's Complete RV-8 Construction Log
http://www.mattsrv8.com/Mishap - Landing Mishap Rebuild Log
http://www.youtube.com/MattsRV8 - Matt's RV-8 HDTV YouTube Channel
Status: 172+ Hours TTSN - Rebuilding Fuselage After Landing Mishap...
RV-6 #20916 N360EM "The Flyer"
http://www.mattsrv6.com - Matt's RV-6 Revitalization Log
Status: 150+ Hours Since Purchase - Upgrades Complete; Now In Full Flyer Mode
| | - The Matronics RV-List Email Forum - | | | Use the List Feature Navigator to browse the many List utilities available such as the Email Subscriptions page, Archive Search & Download, 7-Day Browse, Chat, FAQ, Photoshare, and much more:
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