Gear swing pictures

[FlyingDude]

7 minutes ago, Yetti said:

Which goes to say that an inner gear door may be a better mod./   

 

You think it's worth adding extra weight?  

[cctsurf]

9 minutes ago, Yetti said:

Which goes to say that an inner gear door may be a better mod./

It doesn't look like that lower (inner) door would handle a flat tire too well, either.  I certainly wouldn't want to land on a grass field with it.

[Yetti]

4 minutes ago, FlyingDude said:

You think it's worth adding extra weight?  

It's a couple of adel clamps and a sheet of alum.   Yes people take them off for grass strips.

[Yetti]

Just now, Yetti said:

It's a couple of adel clamps and a sheet of alum.   Yes people take them off for grass strips.

If we are into reducing weight then we should be talking drilling the rotors.

[201Steve]

14 hours ago, Vance Harral said:

Older models do not have inner gear doors, so the caliper is not "stowed by a gear door panel", it hangs out in the breeze (see pics above).

When the landing gear is retracted, the wheel axle to which the caliper torque plate attaches is not perpendicular to the bottom wing skin.  It sits at a bit of an angle.  Because of this, the reversed caliper position hangs out in the breeze a tad less than the original caliper position...

... but not by much.

Confusion resolved. Thanks!