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

[Wayne Galligan]

I have found the Bolly gear to be very durable and repairable.   I think the swept back design lends to the right kind of flexing to absorb shock and stress and it rooks marverous.   

Wayne
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Dennis Bodary 
  To: General pattern discussion 
  Sent: Friday, October 24, 2008 9:29 AM
  Subject: Re: [NSRCA-discussion] CF gear needs and something to talk about


        As far as designing a new gear. I would be extremely happy with a ES gear or the exact copy. For my needs they were PERFECT. Anything else would be a compromise. Maybe to make it worth the time and effort. They could take pre orders. prepaid. 

        That way instead of having to produce x amount  and hoping they would sell. this way the x amount would already be sold. 

        As far as a hundered dollars goes. I've paid 70 dollars each for the last two sets. A hundred dollars would really hurt me. But then again when i first started flying RC i couldn't figure out why anyone would pay more than five dollars for landing gear. Now i spend more than five dollars for a gloplug. 

        Dennis

        --- On Fri, 10/24/08, Gray E Fowler <gfowler at raytheon.com> wrote:

          From: Gray E Fowler <gfowler at raytheon.com>
          Subject: Re: [NSRCA-discussion] CF gear needs and something to talk about
          To: "General pattern discussion" <nsrca-discussion at lists.nsrca.org>
          Date: Friday, October 24, 2008, 9:37 AM



          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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