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deejayel
05-25-2013, 06:46 PM
I have a 2 leaf. Should I consider a 3 leaf? $100 is easy compared to a rudder repair....
FoxDB
05-27-2013, 03:50 PM
I would put in the 3 leaf. My 2 leaf broke at around 600 hours and around 600 landings. Luckily broke at home airport. I replaced with 3 leaf.
AirFox
05-27-2013, 06:04 PM
Is it ok to powder coat the tailwheel springs? Will the Powder coat flex enough?
Thanks
Scott
jiott
05-28-2013, 12:07 PM
I doubt it Scott. Why would you want to powder coat something that close to the gravel, etc. ? You have the aluminum single leaf; the 3 leaf steel spring would be even less likely to handle the flex with powder coat in my opinion.
Jim
deejayel
06-18-2013, 09:07 AM
Three leaf spring is great! Noticeable difference coming from the 2 leaf. Installed with the maul 6" solid TW.
akarmy
06-19-2013, 12:02 PM
Is it ok to powder coat the tailwheel springs? Will the Powder coat flex enough?
I used a product called POR-15, which seems like a bad infomercial on TV... :)
However it works great on the steel 3 leaf springs.
http://www.por15.com/SUPER-STARTER-KIT/productinfo/SSKB/
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