I have the stock aluminum gear that came with my QBK. It weighs in at 45
pounds all by itself.
I just now woke up from my nap (daily thing) and had a dream of making new
gear out of carbon fiber....
I might do that someday but when I went online and saw your post about
bending your own aluminum gear, I wanted to type.
A few years ago I had Grove gear made for my Avid Flyer.
I watched the manufacturing process step by step.
A pattern was used to cut out the shape on 7/8 inch flat aluminum stock.
After cutting out the shape it went to a boring machine where it was "gun
drilled" for the brake fluid. The edges were routed round and the part was
taken to a huge brake where it was bent to specs.
It looked like a landing gear but was not done until the piece was placed in
a large oven to heat temper the metal...
Anyway to make this story short, It was not an easy process.
Good luck with making your own landing gear..
I still like the carbon fiber idea...
Steve W
N 9554 Z
----- Original Message -----
From: "Debo Cox" <sky_ranger161@yahoo.com>
To: <zenith-list@matronics.com>
Sent: Wednesday, November 26, 2008 2:03 PM
Subject: Re: Re: Best place to get 6061
>
> Just FYI,
>
> I'm going to be bending my own landing gear and ordered a big ole' hunk of
> 6061-T6 (3/4" thick x 8" wide x 97 inches long) from Trident Metals today.
> The cost without shipping was $188.50. It was the best price I could find.
>
> Debo Cox
> Nags Head, NC
> Scratchbuilt XL/Corvair
> www.mykitlog.com/debo
>
>
>
