WildThing
Well Known Member
Hi All,
I bought my 2003 RV-8A in FEB and am getting ready to do the (somewhat overdue) nose gear SB and install the new style fork. Here's the $64K question: Has anyone done or looked at just moving the top collar down 1" instead of cutting and re-threading the bottom of the gear leg? I called Van's and they said that they hadn't looked at it. My TLAR engineering degree (That Looks About Right) says that the extra hole is probably not an issue (?). The 1" of extra "down" leg on the gear tube below the bend would be subjected to more input from forward loads, but I'm having a hard time seeing that it would be failure prone. Any and all input appreciated - especially from actual load/stress analysis comparisons. Or some more TLAR engineering
THANKS!
I bought my 2003 RV-8A in FEB and am getting ready to do the (somewhat overdue) nose gear SB and install the new style fork. Here's the $64K question: Has anyone done or looked at just moving the top collar down 1" instead of cutting and re-threading the bottom of the gear leg? I called Van's and they said that they hadn't looked at it. My TLAR engineering degree (That Looks About Right) says that the extra hole is probably not an issue (?). The 1" of extra "down" leg on the gear tube below the bend would be subjected to more input from forward loads, but I'm having a hard time seeing that it would be failure prone. Any and all input appreciated - especially from actual load/stress analysis comparisons. Or some more TLAR engineering
THANKS!
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