[NSRCA-discussion] Help with my Quest 2 landing gear!

[Fred Huber]

BTW.. be sure to do a lateral ballance check on your Quest.  Mine took appx 1.2 oz of lead shot in one wingtip.
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: george w. kennie 
  To: NSRCA Mailing List 
  Sent: Thursday, August 10, 2006 1:23 PM
  Subject: Re: [NSRCA-discussion] Help with my Quest 2 landing gear!


  I have a friend who had two of the graphtech units on a 5 pound airplane and they both delaminated at the fuse bend on landings that were a little rough, but not enough to rip the gear out of the plane.
  G.


    ----- Original Message ----- 
    From: Park, Ihncheol 
    To: 'NSRCA Mailing List' 
    Sent: Thursday, August 10, 2006 1:44 AM
    Subject: Re: [NSRCA-discussion] Help with my Quest 2 landing gear!


    John,

    Try the repair that Jim suggested.
    If that doesn't help, you may want to check out graph tech. 
    They have lots of sizes.  I carry bolly and ES, but none close to your.  Your gear is way too tall with narrower track

          CARBON FIBER LANDING GEAR - All measurements in mm or grams as appropriate.
         
          Description Availability Fuse Width Track Height Width @ top Width @ foot Sweepback Leg Shape Avg Weight 
          F3A-2000 yes 166 456 185 39 22 na curve down 145 
          F3A-Electric yes 120 470 195 38 22 98 curve back na 
          F3A-Long yes 112 470 188 38 22 90 curve back na 
          F3A-Wide yes 110 440 180 42 22 60 straight 125 
          F3A-Curved yes 112 465 168 38 22 90 curve back 110 
          F3A-Large yes 102 394 170 42 22 60 straight 110 
          F3A-Std yes 102 401 150 36 22 55 straight 95 

    http://www.graphtechrc.com/Secure/mall/maingear.asp


    Hope this helps,

    Ihncheol Park
    P & A Hobbies


    -----Original Message-----
    From: nsrca-discussion-bounces at lists.nsrca.org [mailto:nsrca-discussion-bounces at lists.nsrca.org] On Behalf Of John Konneker
    Sent: Wednesday, August 09, 2006 7:06 PM
    To: nsrca-discussion at lists.nsrca.org
    Subject: [NSRCA-discussion] Help with my Quest 2 landing gear!

    I have a Quest 2 I am flying to get back in to pattern after being gone since the '80s.
    After it's 56th flight today I noticed the landing gear has begun to show cracks.
    A bad one at one of the gear/fuse mounting holes and some "spiderwebbing"
    where the gear makes it's bend from the fuse bottom to turn down to form the gear leg.
    I can order another from Ultra RC (I hope) but I'm afraid I will be in the same shape after another 56 flights.
    The dimensions are:
    width at fuse    -      4"  approx 100mm
    width axle hole to axle hole - 13 3/4" or approx 350mm height from axle to fuse  8 1/4" or approx 210mm (this is what the height would be if a plumb was droped from the fuse bottom to the ground...not the length of the gear leg) Rearward sweep of the gear is approx 2" or 50mm.
    Can anyone suggest a carbon replacement (the original is fiberglass).
    I've checked a couple of the obvious sources like Central and Bolly but no luck.
    Does anyone know of a gear available from Goldberg, Great Planes, etc?
    Thanks for wading thru this mess!
    John L. Konneker

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