X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com Return-Path: Sender: To: lml@lancaironline.net Date: Tue, 20 Sep 2011 06:19:15 -0400 Message-ID: X-Original-Return-Path: Received: from raven.ravenwebhosting.com ([72.9.254.67] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.4.1) with ESMTPS id 5129804 for lml@lancaironline.net; Mon, 19 Sep 2011 17:13:25 -0400 Received-SPF: none receiver=logan.com; client-ip=72.9.254.67; envelope-from=paul@tbm700.com Received: from s01060017ee00b6c0.cg.shawcable.net ([174.0.115.173]:53574 helo=[192.168.15.2]) by raven.ravenwebhosting.com with esmtpsa (TLSv1:AES128-SHA:128) (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1R5l8z-0006dw-Fp for lml@lancaironline.net; Mon, 19 Sep 2011 17:12:49 -0400 From: paul miller Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v1084) Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=Apple-Mail-30-1004619519 Subject: Re: [LML] Left Main Strut Weld X-Original-Date: Mon, 19 Sep 2011 15:12:32 -0600 In-Reply-To: X-Original-To: "Lancair Mailing List" References: X-Original-Message-Id: <48EE6DC9-2B72-482A-BA94-2E5D76775E6F@tbm700.com> X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.1084) X-AntiAbuse: This header was added to track abuse, please include it with any abuse report X-AntiAbuse: Primary Hostname - raven.ravenwebhosting.com X-AntiAbuse: Original Domain - lancaironline.net X-AntiAbuse: Originator/Caller UID/GID - [47 12] / [47 12] X-AntiAbuse: Sender Address Domain - tbm700.com X-Source: X-Source-Args: X-Source-Dir: --Apple-Mail-30-1004619519 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Jon: I forwarded pictures of these failures to an associate with decades = of welding experience in the NASCAR arena, his comments from photos: > What I see is a bad weld, not much penetration. I would also suggest = putting a small gusset between the two halves to keep the mount from = flexing and causing it to tear loose. > With this done it should hold up well. Should do other side the same. Paul, N357V=20 Calgary, Lancair Legacy On 2011-09-19, at 1:11 PM, Jon Socolof wrote: > I had this problem en-route to Sun & Fun, the left gear deployed in = flight at 240kts. Broken weld, no damage and the gear door stayed = intact, Lancair sent me a new main gear and I was on my way. The gas = strut assured over-center and I landed without incident. > =20 > Jon --Apple-Mail-30-1004619519 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset=us-ascii Jon: = I forwarded pictures of these failures to an associate with decades of = welding experience in the NASCAR arena, his comments from = photos:

What I see is = a bad weld, not much penetration. I would also suggest putting a small = gusset between the two halves to keep the mount from flexing and causing = it to tear loose.
With this done it should hold up well. = Should do other side the same.

Paul, = N357V 
Calgary, Lancair Legacy
On = 2011-09-19, at 1:11 PM, Jon Socolof wrote:

I had this problem en-route to = Sun & Fun, the left gear deployed in flight at 240kts. Broken weld, = no damage and the gear door stayed intact, Lancair sent me a new main = gear and I was on my way. The gas strut assured over-center and I landed = without incident.
 
Jon
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