---------------------------------------------------------- Allegro-List Digest Archive --- Total Messages Posted Thu 10/02/08: 1 ---------------------------------------------------------- Today's Message Index: ---------------------- 1. 03:55 AM - Allegro 2000, cracked gear leg. (theo van duin) ________________________________ Message 1 _____________________________________ Time: 03:55:26 AM PST US From: "theo van duin" Subject: Allegro-List: 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Other Matronics Email List Services ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Post A New Message allegro-list@matronics.com UN/SUBSCRIBE http://www.matronics.com/subscription List FAQ http://www.matronics.com/FAQ/Allegro-List.htm Web Forum Interface To Lists http://forums.matronics.com Matronics List Wiki http://wiki.matronics.com Full Archive Search Engine http://www.matronics.com/search 7-Day List Browse http://www.matronics.com/browse/allegro-list Browse Digests http://www.matronics.com/digest/allegro-list Browse Other Lists http://www.matronics.com/browse Live Online Chat! http://www.matronics.com/chat Archive Downloading http://www.matronics.com/archives Photo Share http://www.matronics.com/photoshare Other Email Lists http://www.matronics.com/emaillists Contributions http://www.matronics.com/contribution ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- These Email List Services are sponsored solely by Matronics and through the generous Contributions of its members.