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DBono99

06-23-2005 05:57 PM

Wheel Pants

Hi All I'm building a plane that came with wheel pants.. I'd stayed away from wheel pants before, cause I really didn't know how to mount then, Now I'm ready to give them another try.. The landing gear is mounted on the fuselage..THe gear has one hole for the axle, and 2 smaller holes for the wheel pants.. Now what is the best/easies way to attached them..

Thanks Dan

ajvpb

06-23-2005 10:02 PM

RE: Wheel Pants

If I remember right, with my extra, the axle went through the wheelpants (have to cut down axle and put it in the pants with the wheel installed), and I glued a piece of light ply on the inside for the two screw holes. I used wood screws, and they kept it stablized. Good Luck, I found that they are more hassle than advantage, unless you fly off of pavement.

Campy

06-24-2005 07:10 AM

RE: Wheel Pants

SIG makes brackets to attach wheel pants. You epoxy them or bolt them to the wheel pants, then the bracket slides over the axle and gets a 4-40 screw/bolt tightened to secure them to the axle. I have used them on pants and fly off of a grass field with no problems.

Geistware

06-24-2005 08:41 AM

RE: Wheel Pants

WHat I do is a little different and seems to work just fine.
RTV the wheel pant to the gear.
The pant never breaks and stays in place.

mirwin

06-24-2005 11:05 AM

RE: Wheel Pants

Sorry. RTV? What's that?

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