July 21 - 23, 2002

Landing Gear and Brakes

 

The gear saddle riveted to the boom tube, embedded in PC-7 epoxy.

 

 

These are the Tracy O'Brien brakes, disassembled. Left to right: brake cylinder, rear pad, disk, front pad. I've heard really good things about these brakes, and I can see why they work so well, with all the pad area.

 

 

Here are the brakes mounted. Special pins replace the three bolts which normally hold the Azusa wheels together. These pins slide into notches on the disk when you put the wheel onto the axle.

 

 

I've gotten recommendations from many people on ways to beef up the landing gear. Here you see that I've doubled the gear cross-braces and put a steel sleeve over the gear leg where the braces attach. The axles are also 3/4 inch instead of 5/8.

 

 

Here it is, standing tall on its completed gear.

 

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