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

[Ron Van Putte]

Hmmmmm.  "durable and repairable"  Sounds like a man with experience.

Ron VP

On Oct 24, 2008, at 10:36 AM, Wayne Galligan wrote:

> 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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