Vince Frazier
Joined: 10 Jan 2006
Posts: 132
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 Posted: Mon Jul 07, 2008 7:14 am Post subject: RV8 gear |
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SNIP Only Van knows for sure, but I'd bet that it was an engineering
decision, with money being a small contributor. The -8 is about a foot
longer than the -4 & stands a lot taller, so the gear legs would have
been a lot longer & much heavier to get the wheels in the right place
with the extra strength needed for the much higher gross weight of the
-8. Those gear towers do look like a real pain, though. They take up a
lot of room in the front cockpit & the guys I know with -8's all
complain about torquing the gear bolts. SNIP
This is just MHO, but the way around all of these problems is to simply
build a Rocket. The real question, for me anyway, is why didn't Van
tweak the Rocket design to fit his manufacturing expertise. Wow, what a
product that would have been or could be.
Before you flame me, know that I love the RVs. They are sweet, better
than anything out there... except the Rocket, which is pure,
unadulterated sex.
Vince
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Vince Frazier
3965 Caborn Road
Mount Vernon, IN 47620
812-464-1839 work
812-985-7309 home
F-1H Rocket, N540VF
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