[NSRCA-discussion] CF gear needs and something to talk about

[Anthony Romano]

Hi Gray,
 Hope you are doing well.
I paid $105 for the replacement gear for my Genesis since they are longer and lighter than the currently unavailable Bolly. 
 
Anthony



> Date: Wed, 22 Oct 2008 13:32:33 -0500> From: glmiller3 at suddenlink.net> To: nsrca-discussion at lists.nsrca.org> Subject: Re: [NSRCA-discussion] CF gear needs and something to talk about> > Gray,> > I would be happy to pay 100 bucks for a durable, light weight gear set. The beauty of the ES gear was their length to weight ratio. I couldn't get any of the "long ES gear" so I had to run the standards on my BMV3's and the prop touches on anything but the smoooooothest of landings. So I'm pretty much running a 191/2 X 15 rather than the nominal 20X15 <G>. Bolly Gear is significantly heavier and though "thicker" doesn't seem to be any more durable than the ligher ES's.> > > ---- Gray E Fowler <gfowler at raytheon.com> wrote: > > =============> Interesting about the need for landing gear. Lance and I from AeroSlave > have conteplated making gear. Personnally I have an ES and we chose not > design and fab CF gear because the ES was a good price, good weight. I > was unaware the ES has ceased making the gear. If I had to guess ES > stopped due to not enough money to be made, probably due to the people > wanting replacements due to breaking or just not enough profit margin at > $75.> I have looked at many different types of CF gear and the one thing they > all had in common was some type of design flaw. These various flaws were a > result of composite design ignorance or, a tough choice that had to be > made to keep fab costs low. So the question is...how much would a pattern > dude pay for a lightweight CF landing gear that would never break under > normal use? It can be done, but is the market there?> > $100 ?> $150 ?> $175 ?> > I would guess that a majority will choke on a $100 cost, and obviously, a > $75 price tag (ES) is not sustainable as a business. > > > > > Gray Fowler> Senior Principal Chemical Engineer> Radomes and Specialty Apertures> Technical Staff Composites Engineering> Raytheon> > > > Jon Lowe <jonlowe at aol.com> > Sent by: nsrca-discussion-bounces at lists.nsrca.org> 10/22/2008 11:44 AM> Please respond to> General pattern discussion <nsrca-discussion at lists.nsrca.org>> > > To> General pattern discussion <nsrca-discussion at lists.nsrca.org>> cc> > Subject> Re: [NSRCA-discussion] since the list is slooooooow...> > > > > > > Concur on the landing gear. Big hole was left when ES stopped producing > gears.> > Jon Lowe> > -----Original Message-----> From: Mark Atwood <atwoodm at paragon-inc.com>> Sent: Wednesday, October 22, 2008 8:02 AM> To: General pattern discussion <nsrca-discussion at lists.nsrca.org>> Subject: Re: [NSRCA-discussion] since the list is slooooooow...> > Control Horns, Carbon landing gear, wing and stab adjusters (unless we're> still going to be able to get the gator stuff).> > > On 10/21/08 9:00 PM, "JShulman" <jshulman at cfl.rr.com> wrote:> > > How about this for all you pilots sitting at home not knowing what to> > practice.> > > > Shulman Aviation is developing a pattern line of products. We will have > an F3A> > outrunner and controller in a few months, along with> > some parts for planes. We will also have our 4 ARF designs.> > > > My question is... what else do we need to make life easier, or at the > least,> > to keep flying our planes? Let me know and we'll see> > what we can do.> > > > Regards,> > Jason> > www.jasonshulman.com> > www.shulmanaviation.com> > www.composite-arf.com> > > > No virus found in this outgoing message.> > Checked by AVG.> > Version: 7.5.549 / Virus Database: 270.8.2/1737 - Release Date: > 10/21/2008> > 9:10 AM> > > > > > _______________________________________________> > NSRCA-discussion mailing list> > NSRCA-discussion at lists.nsrca.org> > http://lists.nsrca.org/mailman/listinfo/nsrca-discussion> > _______________________________________________> NSRCA-discussion mailing list> NSRCA-discussion at lists.nsrca.org> http://lists.nsrca.org/mailman/listinfo/nsrca-discussion> _______________________________________________> NSRCA-discussion mailing list> NSRCA-discussion at lists.nsrca.org> http://lists.nsrca.org/mailman/listinfo/nsrca-discussion> > > > > _______________________________________________> NSRCA-discussion mailing list> NSRCA-discussion at lists.nsrca.org> http://lists.nsrca.org/mailman/listinfo/nsrca-discussion
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