smoothest landing he'd ever done.. ya maybe.. but how was the one right
before it! lol
No changes in landing gear since your 242.. mine personal Rebel is 243
Wayne
----- Original Message -----
From: "Gary Gustafson" <gargus@comcast.net>
To: <rebel-builders@dcsol.com>
Sent: Saturday, January 15, 2011 8:10 PM
Subject: [rebel-builders] Landing Gear Failure
Today I had a landing gear failure on the right main gear. It was strange
as
we touched down after a small hop (1 foot high) and the right side main
gear
felt sluggish as if we had a flat tire. After opening the window and
looking
down
one could see the tire tilted out at a 30 degree angle to the ground,
meaning
almost horizontal. It was a job getting it back to the hanger.
The failure resulted in the right hand main gear leg (LG-44) just above
the
main
gear leg gussets. It seems to have sheared horizontally across - not sure
if
it
was at the bolt hole or above (was getting pretty dark by the time it
crawled back
in the hanger). There is a lot I do not know at the moment. For example I
do
not
know if the previous owner had a LG-33 and a LG-34 (main gear leg doubler)
as
part of LG-44, but suspect he does as he was a very careful builder and
the
drawing has that part circled. Also do not know exactly where it sheared.
I
will find
out Monday when it is taken apart.
So my question since my Rebel 242R (an oldie) was there any upgrade of the
landing gear since some of the early models were built to a 1450 gross
weight. Was
the landing gear beefed up when the gross weight was beefed up?
PS There was no other damage to the plane when the main gear leg broke
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