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On May 11, 4:20 am, Lou wrote:
I'm curious if anyone has either designed and built or built from plans, their own landing gear and how they did it. I know, I know, I could follow the plans. But the plans call for a retractable gear system that I don't want at this time. What I'm looking for is a oleo strut style with brackets that attach to the spars. Anyone? Anyone? Anyone? Lou First, the disclaimer: I have no personal experience building such a gear. The design and fabrication of an oleo-pneumatic landing gear is not, IMHO, impossible for a dedicated homebuilder, but it looks pretty challenging. Ladislao Pazmany wrote a book "Landing Gear Design for Light Aircraft" that tells you how, and his Pl-1 and PL-2 designs have plans for such a gear. Much welding and machining to a fairly high standard is required. http://www.pazmany.com/ Perhaps better you should visit an aircraft salvage yard and see if anything from the main gear of a Piper Cherokee or the nose gear of either a Piper or Cessna will work for your application. |
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