At minimum I would recommend the installation of the Crush Tube or Block, as
others have done. From my experience and what I've seen over the years is
that you WILL have a gear failure (Fus0005 will collapse). It might not
fail at the first gofer mound you hit or hole you fall in, but in inevitable
will happen (Fus0005 will fail without a crush tube or block).
Cheers,
Jeff
On Tue, Oct 6, 2009 at 8:47 AM, <srwhitenect@dcsol.com> wrote:
With the saddles on one end and the angle on the other end of the 5/16
bolts
plus the angle covering the side, it will most likely snap the bolt before
crushing the fuse five. I had trouble with the clearance of the tubes
inside
the fuse 5 anyways and felt that they were very slight to begin with. A
solid
bushing would do a better job of providing the strength they were looking
for.
Steve
On 10/5/2009 10:37 PM, westcoastkitplanes@gmail.com wrote to rebel-
builders:
-> Steve,
->
-> One question, why NO Crush Tubes ? Did you put something else in place
of
-> them ?
->
-> Jeff
->
->
-> On Mon, Oct 5, 2009 at 10:14 PM, <srwhitenect@dcsol.com> wrote:
->
-> > My two cents worth. Built the spring gear as pr manuel plus the angle
on
-> > top
-> > of the fuse 5. No cursh tubes. Angle well riveted to fuse 5. Out side
holes
-> > for
-> > the saddles are 3/8" further into the fuse 5's for better edge
distance.
-> > Distances given in the manuel got me too close to the end of the
tubes.
-> > Angle was 2024-T3 .250 2 X 2 and can't remember the length but was a
bit
-> > longer than specified. Am registered at 1800 lbs gross. Removed the
spring
-> > gear (at 131 hrs) which was a 67 lb change over for floats. All spring
gear
-> > bolts were at torque, showed no signs of working or chafeing on the
shafts.
-> > Have had my share of bump and goes. Will be the ultimate test later
this
-> > week after removing the floats, reinstalling the wheels and taking off
from
-> > a
-> > very short sand turf beach. Maybe quite lucky thus far but I do keep
it in
-> > mind when I think of where I'd go for a forced landing.
-> >
-> > Steve W 637R
-> >
-> >
-> >
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