Tricycle Midget Thought

[Dick]

Still interested in converting from Midget Mustang taildragger to
tricycle geared even though most previous comments were against it. My
belief is
that weight and balance considerations along with location of wheels
is manageable.

Nosegear I'm currently considering are: Diehl rod-type connected to
firewall and braced to the engine mount; KIS spring/tube gear mounted on
firewall. So far I've only seen these on fiberglass planes unlike
the aluminum skinned Midget.

I'm curious about how the nose gear would fasten to a metal plane
firewall such as the M2.

Anyone's help would be appreciated.

Thanks, Dick

[John Oliveira]

Take a look at RV style nose gear welded to engine mount. I believe they
will even sell to others. I have seen them used quite effectivly on Whitman
Tailwind and others.

John Oliveira
RV9a under construction - fuselage
"Dick" > wrote in message
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>
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> Still interested in converting from Midget Mustang taildragger to
> tricycle geared even though most previous comments were against it. My
> belief is
> that weight and balance considerations along with location of wheels
> is manageable.
>
> Nosegear I'm currently considering are: Diehl rod-type connected to
> firewall and braced to the engine mount; KIS spring/tube gear mounted on
> firewall. So far I've only seen these on fiberglass planes unlike
> the aluminum skinned Midget.
>
> I'm curious about how the nose gear would fasten to a metal plane
> firewall such as the M2.
>
> Anyone's help would be appreciated.
>
> Thanks, Dick
>
>
>
>

[Ryan Young]

"Dick" > wrote in message >...

>
> I'm curious about how the nose gear would fasten to a metal plane
> firewall such as the M2.

If you're truly serious, the best thing you could do for yourself
would be to invest in "Landing Gear Design For Light Aircraft, Volume
1" (there never was, nor likely will be a Volume II) by Ladislao
Pazmany, available at http://www.pazmany.com/ Pages and pages of nose
gear drawings.

[Dick]

Ryan,
I ordered the $57 book and hope it addresses my question of how a nose gear
is attached to a metal firewall.
Thanks, Dick
"Ryan Young" > wrote in message
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> "Dick" > wrote in message
>...
>
> >
> > I'm curious about how the nose gear would fasten to a metal plane
> > firewall such as the M2.
>
> If you're truly serious, the best thing you could do for yourself
> would be to invest in "Landing Gear Design For Light Aircraft, Volume
> 1" (there never was, nor likely will be a Volume II) by Ladislao
> Pazmany, available at http://www.pazmany.com/ Pages and pages of nose
> gear drawings.
>

[Richard Lamb]

Dick wrote:
>
> Ryan,
> I ordered the $57 book and hope it addresses my question of how a nose gear
> is attached to a metal firewall.
> Thanks, Dick

Well, for starters, a nose gear is usually NOT connected to the
firewall.

It needs a lot more support than a piece of .017 stainless can offer.

Most likely, you'll weld up a nose gear mount structure that ties
into the engine mount.

Jim Clement used this approach to put an RV-6A nosegear on his Tailwind.
(That's turned out to be a very popular mod, too)

The Mustang, being a sheel metal airplane, has reinforcenemts behind
the firewall to handle the engine mount loads.

I'd suggest a little stress analysis to see how that area will stand up
to ground loads imposed by nose gear.

Best of luck,

Richard