Re: Gear legs
Posted: Fri Aug 11, 2023 3:55 pm
I converted to the TB gear legs at 80 hrs when I removed an aerovee and installed a 3300 Jab. At that time I had 1 bent gear leg. Now have 530 hrs and gear legs are still straight with both myself and my son flying the airplane. I did compare the weights and as I remember they weighed almost the same. The fact that the tubes are necked down between the engine Mount tubes may allow for for some flex in that area to absorb some of the load of a bounced landing. My bent titanium gear leg was straight above the lower engine Mount tube and straight below engine tube and bent at the base of the tube.
Of course it could be that I or my son has not had a bad landing in the 450 hours since the installation, said in jest.
Keith Rhode
Sonex 214KE
Of course it could be that I or my son has not had a bad landing in the 450 hours since the installation, said in jest.
Keith Rhode
Sonex 214KE