Capflyer
Well Known Member
Spent quite a bit of time searching posts but still have some unanswered questions regarding mounting the Grove airfoil gear to a QB fuse where all the belly skins have already been permanently riveted.
1: Grove sends just the U shaped brackets where Vans send you a two piece combo of the U bracket and a top plate. Do I use the Vans top plate and the Grove U bracket or just the U bracket mounted directly to the belly?
2: Assuming the answer to #1 is to use the plate, it looks like quite a bit of the belly skin will need to be trimmed away to get the outside two holes drilled and the plate mounted. What am I missing here?
3: Is there any reason the bolts cannot be mounted from inside the gear tower pointing down and the nut under at the U bracket? This would seem a more reasonable installation and easier to torque the outside bolts at inspections. With any additional length of the bolt and nut end on the bottom I'm sure a custom fairing would be able to cover them. Wondering if there is room to drop the bolts down from inside the gear towers.
Appreciate the help guys.
1: Grove sends just the U shaped brackets where Vans send you a two piece combo of the U bracket and a top plate. Do I use the Vans top plate and the Grove U bracket or just the U bracket mounted directly to the belly?
2: Assuming the answer to #1 is to use the plate, it looks like quite a bit of the belly skin will need to be trimmed away to get the outside two holes drilled and the plate mounted. What am I missing here?
3: Is there any reason the bolts cannot be mounted from inside the gear tower pointing down and the nut under at the U bracket? This would seem a more reasonable installation and easier to torque the outside bolts at inspections. With any additional length of the bolt and nut end on the bottom I'm sure a custom fairing would be able to cover them. Wondering if there is room to drop the bolts down from inside the gear towers.
Appreciate the help guys.