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red five
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 Posted: Tue Dec 03, 2013 11:42 am Post subject: 582 landing gear |
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I am a newbe here. I bought a Pulsar 582 from a friend who built it back in the early 90's. He replaced the foam cored landing gear after a failure. When I look at the gear legs, the flat areas of the gear leg are toed out. Is this normal? . I would think this would be very draggy.
I am sure I will have many more questions. as I am just beginning this journey
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ccoulter(at)wavecable.com
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| Posted: Tue Dec 03, 2013 2:07 pm Post subject: 582 landing gear |
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This was very common. The builder was to shim the axle
until the wheels were straight. I used large washers.
Clarke
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I am a newbe here. I bought a Pulsar 582 from a friend
who built it back in the early 90's. He replaced the
foam cored landing gear after a failure. When I look at
the gear legs, the flat areas of the gear leg are toed
out. Is this normal? . I would think this would be very
draggy.
I am sure I will have many more questions. as I am just
beginning this journey
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red five
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| Posted: Tue Dec 03, 2013 2:30 pm Post subject: Re: 582 landing gear |
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The wheels are shimmed straight. The gear leg between the wheel mount and the fuselage is not aligned with the direction of flight. They are twisted so that the front of the gear leg is toed out.
I had the same problem on my Cardinal so I made new gear leg and intersection fairings along with new wheel pants and gained 7 mph. I plan on doing the same on this Pulsar to see how it does.
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rwilhelm(at)dc.rr.com
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| Posted: Tue Dec 03, 2013 3:07 pm Post subject: 582 landing gear |
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It will work great. Do it.
Ray
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kdpalmer(at)mweb.co.za
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| Posted: Tue Dec 03, 2013 5:06 pm Post subject: 582 landing gear |
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Shim the rear bolt holes so it toes in slightly so the gear is not forced to
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briana(at)xtra.co.nz
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| Posted: Tue Dec 03, 2013 9:22 pm Post subject: 582 landing gear |
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The kit supplied gear leg looks worse than it really is, in terms of the alignment. Can’t do much about it though when it is factory fabricated. Some of us have added balsa fairings to the gear legs to create a more pleasing shape, and allowing a rounded nose and tapered trailing edge. It is also possible to fit the brake cables down inside the rear fairing. This ought to have the effect of reducing the drag, even although the aerodynamic cord will still be slightly misaligned with the direction of flight.
I would be very surprised if building a new gear leg will gain you much in speed, although every little bit of drag reduction will help.
Brian
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I am a newbe here. I bought a Pulsar 582 from a friend who built it back in the early 90's. He replaced the foam cored landing gear after a failure. When I look at the gear legs, the flat areas of the gear leg are toed out. Is this normal? . I would think this would be very draggy.
I am sure I will have many more questions. as I am just beginning this journey
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red five
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| Posted: Wed Dec 04, 2013 12:50 pm Post subject: Re: 582 landing gear |
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The wheels are shimmed straight. The gear leg between the wheel mount and the fuselage is not aligned with the direction of flight. They are twisted so that the front of the gear leg is toed out.
I had the same problem on my Cardinal so I made new gear leg and intersection fairings along with new wheel pants and gained 7 mph. I plan on doing the same on this Pulsar to see how it does.
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