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| Subject: | Re: Need Castering Nosewheel Fork for Pulsar XP-Thoughts? |
Thanks for the thoughts.
I'm having a new chromoly 4130 fork built using a SkyStar inspired design. The
vertical orientation of the fork you had built is interesting. While I know that
there's room for improvement in design, I'm going to have mine TIG welded
with a brace like the back of the SkyStar/Kitfox design. They may be good reasons
why the design Mark Brown used had the wheel behind and not under the fork.
Seems like it would handle better on various surfaces. Just speculating.
If anyone is interested in looking at the front landing gear that was used in the
Pulsar II and later versions-it's the same as the landing gear used on the
Kitfox Super Sport. SkyStar, as most know was distributing the Kitfox and the
Pulsar back in the late 90's.
Here's the link:
http://www.kitfoxaircraft.com/SS%20Landtheing%20Gear%20-%20Sample.pdf
The front leg is of a larger diameter. So the whole front gear kit has to be purchased-from
the Kitfox accessories catalog. As it was $1500, I opted to try to
have the fork made locally. I met a sharp machinist/machine shop owner who does
specialty work and is also a TIG welder. He's currently making modified barrels
for M2 sniper rifles for the Army. I'll try to take a photo of the fork-when
it's completed and installed. Cost is expected to be about 5 hours shop time-at
$70/hr. and materials.
Happy flying.
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