[NSRCA-discussion] CF gear needs and something to talk about
Gray E Fowler
gfowler at raytheon.com
Fri Oct 24 05:38:06 AKDT 2008
I am combining all the responses about CF landing gear. Getting into
designing and fabricating something as simple as landing gear will require
several thousand dollars, and a lot of time to refine the design. Several
people mentioned a gera of lighter weight. The weight of the ES gear is
just about the lower limit if not the limit. I have not examined some of
the other gear that are reported to be 4 oz heavier, so I do not know why
they are heavier. Some of the real light weight gear I saw (very good
weight) were always broken ...people asked me to help repair.
It appears a $100 gear would be a hit with the pattern crowd. As Earl
stated there already is a $150 gear so that bounds the cost. I will
investigate to see if this is possible and worth the time, money.
Thanks for the input.
Gray Fowler
Senior Principal Chemical Engineer
Radomes and Specialty Apertures
Technical Staff Composites Engineering
Raytheon
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