REFLECTOR:Nose gear leg

[Jim Agnew]

Keith,

Both of my bolt tubes sheared off at the weld point where
they entered the gear leg.

Jim

--- KeithHallsten <KeithHallsten@quiknet.com> wrote:
> Scott,
> 
> Do you mean it broke through the weld along the top of
> the gusset and the
> bottom of the bolt tube?  It seems unlikely that it would
> shear through the
> bolt tube itself, and it would certainly not break above
> the bolt tube,
> since the stress there would be essentially nil.
> 
> My kit arrived in November '99, and I don't have the
> gussets.  From your
> experience it is unclear whether there is any real
> advantage in getting the
> gusseted nose gear leg!
> 
> Keith Hallsten
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Scott" <scott@tnstaafl.net>
> To: <reflector@tvbf.org>
> Sent: Monday, January 05, 2004 8:01 PM
> Subject: Re: REFLECTOR:Nose gear leg
> 
> 
> > Mine broke right above the gussets!
> >
> > At 08:45 PM 1/5/2004, you wrote:
> > >Tony,
> > >
> > >Take a look at Andy Millin's builders website at
> > >http://www.kal-soft.com/velocity/
> > >Go to photo #415; it shows the earlier "ungusseted"
> nose gear leg
> alongside
> > >the newer "gusseted" gear leg.
> > >
> > >Keith Hallsten
> > >
> > >
> > >----- Original Message -----
> > >From: "Tony Babb" <tonybabb@alejandra.net>
> > >To: <reflector@tvbf.org>
> > >Sent: Monday, January 05, 2004 11:30 AM
> > >Subject: Re: REFLECTOR:To Gas Strut or Not
> > >
> > >
> > > > I think there's also the issue of the web that was
> added. Is there a
> photo
> > > > available so we can see what this looks like and
> where it is?
> > >
> > >
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James F. Agnew
Jim_Agnew_2@Yahoo.Com
Tampa, FL
Velocity 173 Elite Aircraft Completed & Flying