1800 amphibs FL207

[Ken]

Without mentioning a name ;( someone who likes to land on grass strips
recommended that I make new thicker FL207 main gear side panels due to
deformation of theirs. My originals from 1997 are 0.020 stock so first
question is can anyone with a more recent kit confirm what thickness
theirs are?

I'd be curious if anyone can provide more details of any deformation
that they've seen. I'm guessing that the gear has pushed rearward and
buckled the forward bottom corner of FL207? Perhaps a partial doubler
that picks up a more substantial diagonal stringer on FL207 might be
appropriate instead of upgrading the entire FL207?

A future issue is probably to fashion some FL305's (I see them on
Wayne's pics) as there sure isn't much room to rivet the FL207's to my
FL202 gear mount angles. I have the 1995 manual, no FL305's, but quite
skinny FL202's that don't seem wide enough to river the FL207's onto
like my manual says to do. Hmmm - large FL305's would in fact be a
partial doubler for the FL207 in the area that I'm concerned about I guess.

thanks for any comments
Ken




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