zodiacjeff(at)msn.com
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 Posted: Sun May 13, 2007 7:41 am Post subject: misinformation about HD/HDS landing gear |
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<?xml:namespace prefix="v" /><?xml:namespace prefix="o" /><![endif]--> I've always assumed the tilt in the spar was an artifact left over from the 601
HD wing, which had the landing gear mounted to the spar. This gave the landing
gear the tilt that put the wheels behind the center of rotation, just as the
tilted firewall puts the front wheel forward of the firewall. I think all
601 wings have had the tilted main spar, thus slightly forward sweep to the wing.
Not so. The landing gear in the HD/HDS series is contained in gear boxes built into the two outer ribs (.032, heaviest in the wing) of the center section, and far behind the spar. If they were attached to the spar, boarding the a/c (unless it were a taildragger) would be an exciting event. And if you got in think of the squirrelly rotation! The spar is vertical (slight variations due to incidence).
To check this stuff you just have to go to the Zenith site and scan a few diagrams - I know, it's just easier to spout off "facts" instead of checking them, but then this list has degenerated into chaos the last year or so. I loved the plea to "...GET BACK TO BUILDING"! Heck, this list hasn't been anything but opinions and drivel for a long time, how can you build if you're typing all the time?
do not archive
CAVU jeff
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