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  1. Back to building, ready to cover the gear legs, on the speedster, but...
    The "angle welded to the Legs for this purpose" (page LG-H-1) to attach the step in the KF IV tubular gear doesn't exist.  If I'm going to be modifying gear legs, I'm kinda leaning towards the avid "post" step, as easier to use, and adding more protection to the pants for passenger use.  I've had both in the past, but the KF 2 I had was slow enough that I never put the pants on, so always stepped on the tire.. instead of the step.  Mostly the same for the Avid MK 4
    Rather than weld directly to the gear leg(s), I'll do whichever on a 1" id sleeve over the existing tubing.  I don't want to compromise the existing tubing, not that I plan to prang it in, but, well, I may loan it to someone who..
     
    Opinions?
     
    Thanks,
    -Jack
    Austin Texas
  2. Apologies to moderator - should have simply bumped previous post .........anyways,
    I'm still looking for Grove spindle p/n 5011.
    Paul
    McGaheysville, VA
  3. Post on landing gear in Avid Magnum

    By dslfarms, posted
    Does anyone here know what the length and size the landing gear bungees are for the avid magnum? 
    (Thanks in advance)
  4. Post on landing gear in Avid Magnum

    By dslfarms, posted
    Does anyone here know what the length and size the landing gear bungees are for the avid magnum? 
    (Thanks in advance)
  5. Avid Flyer Grove Gear, NEW, Never Used, All I have is the gear leg, nothing else. Make Me an OFFER if you can use it.  I'll crate it up, you pay shipping. Brad Brummett 208-631-1425 Call or Text
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  6. Hi
    I am looking to replace my bush landing gear but cannot seem to find any suppliers......anyone have any information that could assist please?
    Thanks
    Tony Sagnelli
    Avid Flyer MK iv
  7. I have had several landing gear failures since going to the spring "bush gear". I have been researching the subject and have noted quite a few similar failures of that type gear, all in about the same location and of the same nature, Inward bending of the forward strut leg. I have been reluctant to re enforce that leg for fear of promoting a more serious failure elsewhere. The gear is a Chinese copy of the gear used by Piper from the 1930s onward but the Piper gear does not seem to suffer the same failure. Today I made a cardboard model of the gear geometry and I believe I have located the problem. The bottom anchor bolt for the spring leg on the "bush gear" is fastened to a metal plate welded between the front leg and the axle. When the spring strut is fully extended and bottoms out, or the spring becomes coil bound, that point then becomes a rigid fulcrum with the axle as a lever. The upward motion or the axle is then translated into an inward rotary motion on the front gear leg. The failure always seems to occur at the point halfway between the axle and the fuselage, which makes sense. I have never bent a rear strut, nor the spring strut, always the front one.

    Looking at photographs and real life examples of Piper, Hatz, and Pietenpol gear shows that the anchor point on those gear is at the inboard end of the axle. My model shows a significant difference in the movement of the middle of the forward gear leg when the anchor point is moved to the end of the axle. As a matter of fact, the farther inboard the pivot is, the lesser the rotary movement at the front gear leg center.

    I have yet to figure a force analysis on the gear, but I think i am onto something. I'll post more as I find more.
    On a positive note, my welding is getting better.

    Bob McCaa
  8. Hi,
    I´m looking for a tricycle landing gear. I want to Change my Taildragger into a Tricycle.
    Is there someone who will sell an tricycle-gear for an Avid-Flyer?
    Best reguards from Cologne (Germany)
    Christian
  9. Avid MKIV - cowlings for Rotax $150, Landing gear w/wheels tires brakes $500, Set 850x6 wheels tires brakes new $300, Wheel fairings new $100, strobe system new $250, Custom built trailer $750, Fuselage wing root damage $500, Right wing & flaperon $1000, Left wing tip damage $250, Wing struts excellent shape $500, Maule tail wheel $100, Instruments - airspeed, altimeter, VSI $250.  Contact: gary.dwinal@bossplow.com 906-221-6864                     
  10. How wide is your bush gear and how much does it raise the front of your plane. How much does it shorten your take off roll.

    Thanks
  11. I was just looking at the just superstol landing gear. Looks very simple but the axle placement is probably 12 inches ahead of the placement on the avid. I am sure that axle placement is predicated on a lot of factors, probably raising the tail one of the most important.
    Please tell your uneducated builder the penalties for moving the axle ahead to allow for air shock placement in a landing system. Not doing this incarnation but who knows about the future.