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1. 09:14 AM - Grove Streamlined Gear For RV-8... (Matt Dralle)
2. 09:28 AM - Re: Grove Streamlined Gear For RV-8... (james d winkler)
3. 01:45 PM - Re: Grove Streamlined Gear For RV-8... (Jeff Preou)
4. 02:52 PM - Re: Grove Streamlined Gear For RV-8... (Richard McBride)
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Subject: | Grove Streamlined Gear For RV-8... |
RV Listers,
Grove makes a streamlined, airfoiled landing gear for the RV-8. Saves having to
use the fiberglass. They also have the brake line embedded within the gear
leg. Over all, they weigh a few pounds less.
Does anyone have any experience with these gear legs? What is the cost differential
over the stock ones? Do they fit as good or better than stock?
Should an RV-8 builder bother with the hassle of deleting the stock ones from the
Van's kit and ordering these?
And another historic question... Why-o-why did Van's get away from the super sweet
looking swept-back, Whitman-style gear on the RV-8? The spring steel, forward
facing gear on the RV-8 just look dopy...
Matt
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Subject: | Grove Streamlined Gear For RV-8... |
Better in every aspect except price. They probably cost about 2000$ and vans
will take 500 off. Well worth it. j
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[mailto:owner-rv8-list-server@matronics.com] On Behalf Of Matt Dralle
Sent: Sunday, July 06, 2008 12:08 PM
Subject: RV8-List: Grove Streamlined Gear For RV-8...
RV Listers,
Grove makes a streamlined, airfoiled landing gear for the RV-8. Saves
having to use the fiberglass. They also have the brake line embedded within
the gear leg. Over all, they weigh a few pounds less.
Does anyone have any experience with these gear legs? What is the cost
differential over the stock ones? Do they fit as good or better than stock?
Should an RV-8 builder bother with the hassle of deleting the stock ones
from the Van's kit and ordering these?
And another historic question... Why-o-why did Van's get away from the super
sweet looking swept-back, Whitman-style gear on the RV-8? The spring steel,
forward facing gear on the RV-8 just look dopy...
Matt
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Subject: | Grove Streamlined Gear For RV-8... |
I'm doing the Grove gear and though my plane is a long way from flying I
can tell you that the groves are very nice indeed. Cost is obviously a fa
ctor but I felt it was worth it. I guess only time will tell when I taxi/
take off/land the first time.
Check out this entry (and subsequent others) in my kitlog for the install
ation thereof:-
http://www.mykitlog.com/users/display_log.php?user=jpreou&project=45&
category=0&log=45580&row=150
Other builders have good websites as well, and a google search will turn
up a whole lot more info for you.
--
Jeff
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Sent: Mon 7/7/2008 04:08
Subject: RV8-List: Grove Streamlined Gear For RV-8...
RV Listers,
Grove makes a streamlined, airfoiled landing gear for the RV-8. Saves ha
ving to use the fiberglass. They also have the brake line embedded withi
n the gear leg. Over all, they weigh a few pounds less.
Does anyone have any experience with these gear legs? What is the cost d
ifferential over the stock ones? Do they fit as good or better than stoc
k?
Should an RV-8 builder bother with the hassle of deleting the stock ones
from the Van's kit and ordering these?
And another historic question... Why-o-why did Van's get away from the su
per sweet looking swept-back, Whitman-style gear on the RV-8? The spring
steel, forward facing gear on the RV-8 just look dopy...
Matt
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Subject: | Re: Grove Streamlined Gear For RV-8... |
Matt,
I have the non-airfoil shaped Grove gear on my -8 and have about 350
hours on them so far. First of all the gear has performed flawlessly
and was a very easy retrofit. I always seem to take a bit of a hit for
my position but I believe you ought to strongly consider the non-airfoil
gear as well. The reason being is that first, they are about six pounds
lighter than the airfoil shaped gear and seventeen pounds lighter than
Van's steel gear. I verified this against the steel gear that I still
have in my basement (they're for sale if anyone is interested in a good
deal). Second, they're less expensive than the airfoil shaped gear.
And third, you really don't save much time with regard to the
fiberglass. I used the fiberglass gear fairing Mark Frederick sells for
the F-1 Rocket. It's a perfect fit and extremely easy to attach. You
simply glue the trailing edge together and you're done. The rectangular
shape of the gear automatically aligns the fiberglass fairing. If you
want top and bottom intersection fairings, like most people do, you
still have install them on with the airfoil shaped gear. If you make
your own that's where most of the fiberglass work comes into play. The
only real benefit to the airfoil shaped gear in my opinion is if your
really want a polished aluminum gear. But the loss of six pound,
especially up front for an -8, is pretty significant.
Rick McBride
http://www.mykitlog.com/rickrv8/<http://www.mykitlog.com/rickrv8/>
----- Original Message -----
From: Jeff Preou<mailto:jeff@preou.com>
To: rv8-list@matronics.com<mailto:rv8-list@matronics.com>
Sent: Sunday, July 06, 2008 4:40 PM
Subject: RE: RV8-List: Grove Streamlined Gear For RV-8...
I'm doing the Grove gear and though my plane is a long way from flying
I can tell you that the groves are very nice indeed. Cost is obviously a
factor but I felt it was worth it. I guess only time will tell when I
taxi/take off/land the first time.
Check out this entry (and subsequent others) in my kitlog for the
installation thereof:-
http://www.mykitlog.com/users/display_log.php?user=jpreou&project=45&
category=0&log=45580&row=150<http://www.mykitlog.com/users/display_
log.php?user=jpreou&project=45&category=0&log=45580&row=150>
Other builders have good websites as well, and a google search will
turn up a whole lot more info for you.
--
Jeff
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To: Jeff Preou; rv8-list@matronics.com<mailto:rv8-list@matronics.com>
Subject: RV8-List: Grove Streamlined Gear For RV-8...
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RV Listers,
Grove makes a streamlined, airfoiled landing gear for the RV-8. Saves
having to use the fiberglass. They also have the brake line embedded
within the gear leg. Over all, they weigh a few pounds less.
Does anyone have any experience with these gear legs? What is the
cost differential over the stock ones? Do they fit as good or better
than stock?
Should an RV-8 builder bother with the hassle of deleting the stock
ones from the Van's kit and ordering these?
And another historic question... Why-o-why did Van's get away from the
super sweet looking swept-back, Whitman-style gear on the RV-8? The
spring steel, forward facing gear on the RV-8 just look dopy...
Matt
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