FOCUS gear Mod.

[Anthony Romano]

Look at Moose Carbon fiber. Search Yahoo to find them.The Cap gear is a very 
close fit a little too wide at the mounting plate. More info when the snow 
is off the runway to actually fly them.

Anthony




> > I would suggest using a swept landing gear al la Hydeout or Temptation. 
>I tried
> > a set of retract wings on a Focus and noted a couple of inches 
>difference in the
> > wheel positions. Also initial landings tended to bounce if you came in 
>too hot.
> > The wheels work in the current position and you soon learn to land it 
>that way
> > by dragging the tail in! . However the plane will bounce less if you can 
>sweep
> > the gear back.
> >
> > The problem, that you already identified, is that you have to widen the 
>gear
> > plate to accommodate the wider U/C legs that are available in CF. They 
>put the
> > gear plate as far back as they could - it almost touched the wing - but 
>the
> > plate is tricky to widen.
> >
> > My recommendation is to replace the existing plate with a plywood box to 
>stop
> > the bolted part flexing. You could leave the trailing 1/4" rail in 
>place. Cut
> > through forward to accommodate the wider U/C-leg-top. Fit a 3/16" "box 
>plate and
> > glue to the   former as well. It is more work, but it is winter and you 
>will not > regret a stronger landing gear support on this plane, plus it 
>will be easier to
> > score higher on landings..
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > Eric.
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: John Crozier [mailto:sjcrozier at comcast.net]
> > Sent: Friday, February 28, 2003 10:43 AM
> > To: nsrca discussion
> > Subject: focus gear
> >
> >
> > Anybody using Bolly gear on the Focus?
> > I don't want to do major mods on the landing gear platform.
> > The Sukhoi style has been suggested, but I can't find it on the Bolly 
>web
> > site.
> > Is the swept back design of the F3A large too drastic?
> > thanx...croz
> >
> >
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