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Airframes => Single Seaters => XL => Topic started by: Shay King on July 04, 2025, 07:05:43 AM

Title: Landing gear dimension error?
Post by: Shay King on July 04, 2025, 07:05:43 AM

Page 22 of the plans shows 23 inches between the mounting holes on the vee strut. That doesn’t make sense with a fuselage width of 24 inches. Am I missing something?

Title: Re: Landing gear dimension error?
Post by: pappyadkins on July 04, 2025, 08:10:57 AM

First, it just depends on your fuselage!!! Since this Vee Strut bolts to the wing mounting brackets - the holes would have to be approximately half an inch inwards than the lower longeron for 23" to work, I guess it would all depend on how you made these brackets... But you'll build this part to your airframe (so I believe 23" is just approximate as you'll find several places in the drawings)... Mine is 19 1/8" but my fuselage is only 22 1/4" wide...  20 3/4" looks correct from your 2nd picture....  Looking good BTW....

Title: Re: Landing gear dimension error?
Post by: Shay King on July 04, 2025, 11:13:58 AM

Thanks David, I bought the brackets from Les at Legaleagleparts.com. They’re nicely made and just required a little bit of trimming to fit.