On 10 Apr 2004, Lou Parker wrote:
Has anyone had experience building landing gear from motorcycle forks?
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Dear Lou,
Sure. Lotsa folks. See Roger Mann's RW-19 for a nice example of a long-travel
landing gear. He uses the oleo-pneumatic element off a big dirt bike, combined
with a stiffer after-market spring. Gives him something like 10" of travel and
you really have to see one of his landings to believe it. (The RW-19 and RW-20
are 2-place clones of the Storch.)
-R.S.Hoover
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