Kevin Bonds
Joined: 09 Jan 2006
Posts: 171
Location: Nashville, Tn
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 Posted: Fri Jul 28, 2006 10:56 am Post subject: Zenith-List:Composite gear |
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Aircraft Spruce offers composite landing gear for the XL. Sorry I wasn’t clear.
Kevin Bonds
Nashville TN
601XL Corvair powered; Plans building.
Empennage done; working on wings and engine.
http://home.comcast.net/~kevinbonds
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From: owner-zenith-list-server(at)matronics.com [mailto:owner-zenith-list-server(at)matronics.com] On Behalf Of Paul Mulwitz
Sent: Friday, July 28, 2006 5:54 AM
To: zenith-list(at)matronics.com
Subject: Re:
Hi Kevin,
There are composites, and then there are different composites. I don't have any idea which ones you are thinking of using on your landing gear, but the difference can be night and day.
I suspect the metal landing gear would last forever under most circumstances. The composites, however, might start sagging and warping the first day they get hot because of being parked on asphalt on a hot day.
I don't know the variables, but I am not brave enough to try to engineer something as important as landing gear. I would stick with the original designer's choices.
Paul
XL fuselage
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I cant make up my mind about what gear to use on my XL. I began fabrication the necessary parts for the Composite gear from AS tonight, but began to worry about the longevity of a Composite structure for landing gear. I dont want to have to worry about the gear beginning to crack in the future. I dont know if Ill be able to find a replacement 10-15 years from now. The pluses are 1) it would save a ton of weight. 2) it would save a ton of weight. The minuses are 1) increase in complexity 2) more time 3) slightly more expensive 4) wont be easily converted back to standard gear if needed 5) How long will it last? I would benefit from some discussion on the topic. Does anyone have anything to add?
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