REFLECTOR: Aircraft leveling

[John Dibble]

I had a hard landing where the upper gear leg pushed the socket outboard
into the horizontal bulkhead.  This will cause the opposite wing to be
low.

John

Jim & Sharon Beck wrote:

>
>
>       After a  really hard landing with side drift the gear on my
>      173 RG showed cracking in the fiberglass & pain and also the
>      gear doors broke loose, more like a semi controlled crash.
>      After removing the gear and all paint and wraps to the core
>      to check for damage, we determined they were not damaged so
>      redid the lay-ups with carbon fiber and reinstalled.  bolts
>      were not bent and go in and out easily and no other apparent
>      damage.  The camber on the axels in the same as before in
>      specs and the upper gear fits tight in the sockets just as
>      it did before but now I have one wingtip about 2& 1/2 inches
>      lower than the other and the spar is no longer level sitting
>      on the ground..
>      Does anyone have any Ideas as to what could have changed to
>      cause this. I would guess the remedy would be to move the
>      sockets but then this would change the camber and make it
>      necessary to fix that also.  Im planning to flyit this way
>      and see if the legs change shape a little after a few
>      landings as everything else went right back in place.
>      Thanks.
>      Jim
>
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