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I'm helping an aero engineer friend research details of successful
homebuilt aircraft undercarriages. (for some calcs for a book) I borrowed my mate's T18 Plans, from which he built a honey of a T18. my mate used a prebuilt and tempered Brock undercarriage so didnt need or buy the undercarriage drawings. the very drawing I need is missing and since he bought a fully assembled component he has no real idea what the materials were that were used in the gear. btw the Brock gear has done over a thousand hours so far without a single problem so Ken's work endures as a memorial to his talent. I have a partial copy of drawing 516 which gave the bolt sizes used to attach the gear. Drawing 515 has the details I need. if you look at the gear leg it starts at the top attach point, runs down through a sleeve for about the centre 3/5th of the leg, to which the centre attach point is welded, then down beyond the sleeve it terminates in a plate to which a cessna style bolt on axle gets fitted. (the axle and brakes are actually a cleveland set) is the centre component of the gear leg a tube or a rod? my builder friend couldnt say. what are it's dimensions, wall thickness etc. what are the dimensions of the sleeve, wall thickness etc? what are the dimensions of the crosstube tube? what is the thickness of the wraparound plate that the neoprene components and washers are bolted through? I'm assuming it was all made from 4130, is that correct? I know it was heat treated to 180,000 psi ultimate. appreciate a help from anyone with a full plans set. Stealth Pilot Australia. |
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