---------------------------------------------------------- Europa-List Digest Archive --- Total Messages Posted Fri 06/10/22: 2 ---------------------------------------------------------- Today's Message Index: ---------------------- 1. 12:40 AM - Re: Main Gear legs (John Wighton) 2. 05:58 AM - Re: Main Gear legs (SPURPURA) ________________________________ Message 1 _____________________________________ Time: 12:40:03 AM PST US Subject: Europa-List: Re: Main Gear legs From: "John Wighton" After David Stanbridge confirmed the factory would not be supporting the taildragger (TD) conversion we instigated our own version of the main gear legs. I approached Harmon Lange about 18-24 months ago to make these. Bearing in mind Europa originally paid $90 for them 20+ years ago, I was hoping that a batch purchase would be possible at a good price. That wasn't the case, so we set about having our own legs made. This necessitated some tooling and the need to bend and heat treat the legs. Even material sourcing in the UK was difficult. The simple fact is that the cost is huge unless a significant number are ordered and paid for up front. To alleviate the major issues in manufacture and to enable some adjustability of toe-in/out and camber, we have redesigned the axle part of the leg completely. This makes them cheaper to produce, adjustable and also provides a means of reliably jacking the aircraft. The new gear legs are stressed and the compliance data supports the Issue 2 of Mod 11369 (Taildragger conversion), that will become a series or standard Mod. The new gear legs will also fit trigear - thus making a replacement possible if people find their originals are distorted or have unwanted ground handling traits - due to minor misalignments during installation. The TD installation instructions are being updated now, there are several in-build in the UK, EU and the USA. These builds currently use existing trigear legs for the TD mains. We will be advertising complete kits for the TD conversion soon, as an alternate to the license and instructions only product available now. This entire process started back in 2002, the Mod being approved in 2005 and G-MLXP being PtF airworthy since 2011. 2022 will see around 5 build/conversions with a projected 10-15 in 2023. We are now also offering a turn-key installation service, with an aircraft currently in the bay as we speak. -------- John Wighton Europa XS trigear G-IPOD Read this topic online here: http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=507170#507170 ________________________________ Message 2 _____________________________________ Time: 05:58:25 AM PST US Subject: Europa-List: Re: Main Gear legs From: "SPURPURA" I had ordered a Trigear conversion kit back in September 2021. They must be still having difficulty sourcing parts. Following this thread in hopes of sourcing the nose gear and main gear myself. -------- N951EU - Tri-gear & 912ULS, N77EU- Mono & 914 I'D RATHER HAVE A BOTTLE IN FRONT OF ME THAN A FRONTAL LABOTAMY. Read this topic online here: http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=507171#507171 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Other Matronics Email List Services ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Post A New Message europa-list@matronics.com UN/SUBSCRIBE http://www.matronics.com/subscription List FAQ http://www.matronics.com/FAQ/Europa-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/europa-list Browse Digests http://www.matronics.com/digest/europa-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.