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| Subject: | Allegro 2000, cracked gear leg. |
Fellow-Allegro-owners / Mr. Thom Riddle,
Since one month I am the possessor of an Allegro 2000, built in 2001, which
I bought from a
first owner in the Netherlands. I'm located in France. After the purchase I
found your Allegro list
on the internet. I went through all your mails and would very much like to
join you as a member
of the list.
At the innerside of the left gear leg I found a crack about 4 inches from
the clamping area over
the total width of the leg. Too risky to keep flying!
Replacing both gear legs by stronger (and .1 inch thicker) ones is possible,
but this requires to
remove partially .025 inch of material at both sides of the legs (the
thickness) and also to
remove this material from the mating socket surfaces on the fuselage.
I quote Thom when he concludes that lastmentioned job is going to be no fun
at all and don't
know whether Thom and myself are the only ones to deal with this problem
until now.
I could not find any follow-up info about his rework- and replacement job on
the Allegro list
and am very interested to learn more about his experiences in this matter.
On the other hand, as only one leg of my plane is damaged, and so many
Allegro's are still
flying with the old design legs, why shouldn't I try to find a replacement
leg of the original size?
Any comments in this matter is very much appreciated! ( I would like to fly
again asap and safe).
Theo van Duin
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