pictsidhe
Well-Known Member
The wittman gear thread has had me pondering my own gear design, I've even done a few numbers. Full size Hurricanes have oleos, and that looks tricky to scale to 103. I don't really want to spend the time and money building lightweight oleos. Something that looks about right will do just fine. I currently favour rubber sprung 'pseudoleos' two concentric tubes with suitably squishy rubber as the spring. The bad is that to absorb crash loads and save my spine, I need a lot more rubber than only considering good landings. Some pondering and I think I have a solution. The bottom of the strut is concentric rubber sprung tubes. But there is additional travel possible by sliding friction. I currently favour a friction stop for the rubber sprung. On high g, it slides further up the main strut tube. This is fairly simple and will save weight over a crash proof rubber spring.
Thoughts?
Thoughts?
