I have a complete set of CZAW landing gear. I have all the attachments,
wheels, wheel pants and the lightweight gold wheels that comes with the CZAW
planes, front strut and everything needed to install. The steel channel
your talking about is not steel. It is just a gear channel, just like the
one for the standard gear. The difference is the depth of this channel. The
standard channel that comes with a US kit will not work with the composite
gear. A new channel will have to be made. I am looking for that channel
now, or I will sell my gear and stick the Zenith gear back on. As far as
any additional weight, the only attachment that is different is 2
attachments that go inside the channel and 4 aluminum stiffeners that go along
the
channel inside the cabin. As far as weight savings, I have both sets on hand
and it is 31 lbs savings on weight. If you would like some more details
on the attachments, email me off list and I will send them to you. I have
pictures of the attachments and everything else.
Larry Husky
Madras, Oregon
In a message dated 11/18/2009 8:07:22 P.M. Pacific Standard Time,
ttp44@rkymtn.net writes:
That sounds like a good price to me, assuming that he is talking about the
complete CZAW attachment package. I have been collecting information on
the
CZAW gear attachment. I'll attach a couple of photos that I got courtesy
of
Martin Pohl. One thing that I hadn't anticipated is that there appears to
be a steel channel all the way across the bottom of fuselage. That would
probably take something away from the weight advantage of the composite
gear, but I don't know how much. Another thing is that the CZAW axle mount
includes a standoff. Presumably that is to provide a bit of separation
between the gear leg and the (potentially) hot brake disk. Note the
composite gear leg does not go inside the wheel pants, unlike the standard
aluminum gear. Hopefully, Mat would include that in the package.
Terry
At 04:08 PM 11/18/2009 -0500, you wrote:
>I haven't totally rejected the composite gear, I'd just like to know more
>about it (given CZAW history with other items). Maybe someone has some
>history they'd like to share?
>
>Mathieu at Zenair said he'd be willing to discount the adapter blocks for
>the Grove gear, if we did a group buy. He said he'd provide both side
>somewhere in the $150 neighborhood.
>
>Rick
Terry Phillips ZBAGer
ttp44~at~rkymtn.net
Corvallis MT
ZU-601XL/Jab 3300 s .. l .. o .. o .. w build kit - Tail & flaps are done;
Balancing the ailerons and working on the wings
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