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Old April 10th 04, 03:38 PM
Lou Parker
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Has anyone had experience building landing gear from motorcycle forks?
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Old April 10th 04, 11:41 PM
George A. Graham
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On 10 Apr 2004, Lou Parker wrote:

Has anyone had experience building landing gear from motorcycle forks?


The good news Lou, is that you don't need anything that complicated.
A very small bit of time is spent rolling on the ground. Some gear
use only the tires to absorb the landing loads.

Keep it simple, and light.

George Graham
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Old April 11th 04, 04:08 AM
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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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