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1. 09:50 AM - Rating of the Main Landing Gear ()
2. 12:06 PM - Fw: Allegro 2000, spare parts availability (theo van duin)
3. 01:40 PM - Re: Rating of the Main Landing Gear (Brian Carpenter)
4. 02:22 PM - Allegro 2000, cracked gear leg (theo van duin)
5. 03:21 PM - Re: Allegro 2000, cracked gear leg (Hugh)
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Subject: | Rating of the Main Landing Gear |
Gentlemen:
I am copying on this post the email message and question I sent to the US
Distributor of the Allegro. I have not received an answer yet, but will
forward it on when I get one. In the meantime, I felt that those of you who
own Allegros might want to look into this matter on your own, or if any one
of you has the answer I would deeply appreciate an explanation. If I am in
error in my email, I also will accept a quick correction. A copy of the
email follows:
Matt/Doug:
I understand that the main landing gear for the Allegro is manufactured by
the Czech company COMLET s.r.o. On their website they list the Allegro 2000
as having their landing gear Type NK-03A. According to their technical
information this gear is rated for a MTOW of 1050 lbs. (475kg). The Allegro
2000 is sold and licensed in the USA as a LSA having a MTOW of 1232 lbs.
(460kg), and the Allegro 2007 has a MTOW of 1320 (493kg). Both of these
MTOWs are higher than the published MTOW for this gear. Why do the Allegro
2000 and the 2007 have main landing gears rated less than the actual MTOW of
each Allegro model?
Hugh McKay
hgmckay@bellsouth.net
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Subject: | Fwd: Allegro 2000, spare parts availability |
Fellow-Allegro listers,
There are answers on my questions about spare parts availability for the
Allegro 2000
from Mrs. Betty Hempstead of B Bar D Aviation.
For your information and reassurance I put her reactions on the Allegro
list. Nice to hear that the Allegro labyrinth might have an exit somewhere.
Theo van Duin (France)
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Betty Hempstead <betty@b-bar-daviation.com>
Subject: RE: Allegro 2000, spare parts availability
*Betty Hempstead*
B Bar D Aviation, Inc.
d/b/a Fantasy Air USA
Sanford-Lee County Regional Airport (TTA)
705 Rod Sullivan Road
Sanford, North Carolina 27330
(p) 919-775-2224
(f) 919-775-2232
(e) betty@b-bar-daviation.com
-----Original Message-----
*From:* theo van duin [mailto:t.j.vanduin@gmail.com]
*Sent:* Saturday, October 04, 2008 3:25 PM
*To:* sales@fantasyairusa.com
*Subject:* Allegro 2000, spare parts availability
Dear Mr. and Mrs.Hempstead,
In an message from Mr. Tim Moses of November 20, 2007, on the Matronics
Allegro list,
his Danish dealer reported the bankruptcy of Fantasy Air Czech per November
9th.
How is the situation now after nearly one year? We are finishing the
paperwork to buy Fantasy Air.
Did they start-up production again? Production will start up again, after
the training is completed around December 1.
A sales employee of Comlet Czech, the enterprise that's making the landing
gear legs,
told me that production of the Allegro aircraft has been continued in the
United States.
Where can I go to for spare parts? We will be able to supply spare parts in
a few months.
Most (or all) former dealers of the Allegro, which
I found on a dealerlist dated 2008 of X-Air Australia (see below), are no
longer selling Allegro aircraft.
http://www.mcp.com.au/allegro/links.html
We anticipate that there will be a resurgence of Allegro dealers in the
near future.
Can you please tell me if there is any Allegro production going on, and if
yes, where? The new company is finishing the legalities.
Are there new or old Allegro dealers, that could be contacted? If yes, who?
We will be the World Wide Distributor of Allegros and spare parts.
I do need the following parts:-- Y-extension for control stick (for pilot
training)
-- Stall warning system kit
-- Instrument panel, blank
-- Landing gear leg of original
(thinner) design (eventually)
Theo, I will keep you list active and put your order in as the production
begins. We will need your shipping address and payment in US$ 5 days before
shipping.
Thanks a lot for your reply,
Theo van Duin (France)
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Subject: | Re: Rating of the Main Landing Gear |
Could it be as simple as 1050 lbs per leg giving a total of 2100 llbs for the two
legs combined?
--- On Tue, 10/7/08, hgmckay@bellsouth.net <hgmckay@bellsouth.net> wrote:
From: hgmckay@bellsouth.net <hgmckay@bellsouth.net>
Subject: Allegro-List: Rating of the Main Landing Gear
Gentlemen:
I am copying on this post the email message and question I sent to the US
Distributor of the Allegro. I have not received an answer yet, but will
forward it on when I get one. In the meantime, I felt that those of you who
own Allegros might want to look into this matter on your own, or if any one
of you has the answer I would deeply appreciate an explanation. If I am in
error in my email, I also will accept a quick correction. A copy of the
email follows:
Matt/Doug:
I understand that the main landing gear for the Allegro is manufactured by
the Czech company COMLET s.r.o. On their website they list the Allegro 2000
as having their landing gear Type NK-03A. According to their technical
information this gear is rated for a MTOW of 1050 lbs. (475kg). The Allegro
2000 is sold and licensed in the USA as a LSA having a MTOW of 1232 lbs.
(460kg), and the Allegro 2007 has a MTOW of 1320 (493kg). Both of these
MTOWs are higher than the published MTOW for this gear. Why do the Allegro
2000 and the 2007 have main landing gears rated less than the actual MTOW of
each Allegro model?
Hugh McKay
hgmckay@bellsouth.net
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Subject: | Allegro 2000, cracked gear leg |
Thom,
Thank you for your explanation about how you replaced the gear legs of the
Allegro 2000.
It's very reassuring that one doesn't need to be a magician to do the job.
After I found the Matronics Allegro list, I started to read all emails and
read also your mail about the gear leg cracks. Then I checked my plane and
found a crack at the same position as you described. I'm not pleased that I
saw the crack, but very pleased that you rang the bell! On my behalf, thanks
for all your contributions to the Allegro list!
Theo van Duin
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Subject: | Allegro 2000, cracked gear leg |
Theo
How many hours are on your 2001 Allegro 2000 airframe? Do you think you will
be able to get enough dimensions duplicate the shape of your panel? If you
don't, I can send you a full size hard copy of the early working drawings I
made in laying out my instruments. That full size drawing has the outline of
the aluminum panel and the location of the 10 holes for attaching the panel
to the dash. You can just trace the outline on a new aluminum sheet.
Unfortunately I would have to send it to you via "snail mail", but I would
be willing to do so if you need it.
Hugh McKay
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From: owner-allegro-list-server@matronics.com
[mailto:owner-allegro-list-server@matronics.com] On Behalf Of theo van duin
Sent: Tuesday, October 07, 2008 5:23 PM
Subject: Allegro-List: Allegro 2000, cracked gear leg
Thom,
Thank you for your explanation about how you replaced the gear legs of the
Allegro 2000.
It's very reassuring that one doesn't need to be a magician to do the job.
After I found the Matronics Allegro list, I started to read all emails and
read also your mail about the gear leg cracks. Then I checked my plane and
found a crack at the same position as you described. I'm not pleased that I
saw the crack, but very pleased that you rang the bell! On my behalf, thanks
for all your contributions to the Allegro list!
Theo van Duin
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