okikuma
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Dave,The red and white is mine, thank you for posting Wayne, it is very stable. I push hard with it and it just rights itself. Almost to easy.
Your KB3 is one of the best examples I've seen.
Wayne
Dave,The red and white is mine, thank you for posting Wayne, it is very stable. I push hard with it and it just rights itself. Almost to easy.
I'd like to get the plans for that tail .The red and white is mine, thank you for posting Wayne, it is very stable. I push hard with it and it just rights itself. Almost to easy.
OuThe red and white is mine, thank you for posting Wayne, it is very stable. I push hard with it and it just rights itself. Almost to easy.
Yes the original Bensen B8M used just a piece of 2x2 6061T6 square tubing exactly like the mast and keel for a gear. Ken Brock when he introduced the KB3 had a 2x2 axle that was bent and mounted bent side down. This allowed him to get good ground clearance and still use 6 in wheels. We joked that he was just recycling all the axles from hard landings over the years.Looking at these pics raises a question I've had: I notice a lot of these have what appear to be a very rigid landing gear...basically wheels attached directly to the airframe. Is that pretty standard in the early homebuilts? I've been building a Gyro Technic and the landing gear setup with suspension really impressed me as I put it together.
Ha….if ya learn how to land….you don’t need no dang suspension!Yes the original Bensen B8M used just a piece of 2x2 6061T6 square tubing exactly like the mast and keel for a gear. Ken Brock when he introduced the KB3 had a 2x2 axle that was bent and mounted bent side down. This allowed him to get good ground clearance and still use 6 in wheels. We joked that he was just recycling all the axles from hard landings over the years.
Ha….if ya learn how to land….you don’t need no dang suspension!
That’s exactly what I used to say about the Butterfly. It was a solution for a problem that shouldn’t exist. It also makes you a sloppy pilot.Ha….if ya learn how to land….you don’t need no dang suspension!
That’s why you need one with shock absorbers.I have had 8 Mac Attacks and haven't needed suspension, but can see how it might have made it worse with the rebound.