ORIGINAL: JustJets
C-Arf A4 instructions, Where? Please post some photos of your nose wheel instal when you have time... As I understand your post you have no clearance issues when mounting gear on lower rail. Mine will hit nose wheel on fuse when retracting and when extended the air cylinder binds on aft lower section of fuse. Can their be this much variance between models?
Phil
Phil,
My gear is mounted from the bottom. This way the entire block/framework distributes the load. If you mount from the top, the bolts are carrying the load. Technical but better from the bottom. You have to slide the gear all the way back to the rear bulkhead to get the nose gear wheel to clear the front of the fuse & yes this did cause binding of the bottom cylinder against the fuse. My plan is simply to cut the area approx 1/2 inch back from the current door opening & then extend the bottom reardoor, which attaches to the cylinder an equal distance. Might not be museum scale, but it'll work.
David S