Richard Riley wrote in message . ..
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Any idea why the airplane ripped out it's gear? I know it was in a
storm, but did he catch the gear on something on touchdown? Excessive
sink rate? The gear should be able to take 3-4 G's without departing
the aircraft,

It didn't actually rip out. They hit the gear sideways in the storm.
Its not a fixed gear and the lower brace pivot pin sheared and of
course the whole thing folded up under the fuselage then. You can see
how it is contructed at http://www.abri.com/sq2000/rg06.jpg

Its similar to Infinity gear design http://www.infinityaerospace.com/infgear.htm

Stan has since then reinforced the pin mountings. And I am modifying mine
in a different way.