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Incorporating shock absorber into spring only landing gear

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BoeveP51

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Been giving this a lot of thought lately. I would like to add a shock absorber into my gear, which is spring only at the moment. I tried searching and the thought has come up before but no conclusive answers.

I guess sizing is the biggest issue. I have a 3" steel tube (OD), spring is 2.5" OD and 1.5" ID 9" long. Max leg travel is slated for 4".

Max weight would be around 2900#, empty around 2230#. Each leg would see approx 595# max weight calculations.

I cannot find any plans/detail about building an oleo strut. Possibly using an existing strut from something????.

Any wild and crazy ideas from the homebuilt world???

Merle
 
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