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Birddog Landing Gear legs

Wed May 11, 2016 10:21 am

Looking to be educated on O-1/L-19 landing gear legs.

1. Types, "thick", "thin", etc. What are the part numbers and are they stamped on the units?

2. Specs: if a shop were to restore them to spec, where are the angles, measures, and heat treat specs located?

3. Any other info or insight would be appreciated.

Ken

Re: Birddog Landing Gear legs

Wed May 11, 2016 10:21 pm

IIRC, Air Repair has ads in Trade-A-Plane...they rebuild them.

Re: Birddog Landing Gear legs

Thu May 12, 2016 8:53 am

Ken,

The O-1A has "Light wings" and light gear. The O-1E has the heavy wings (more rivets inboard leading edge spar 1 " spacing) and thicker more robust main gear and tail wheel spring. The parts manuals for the two aircraft will show the different part numbers.

The TL-19A as the light gear, the TL-19D has the heavier gear.

I second what John posted about contacting Air Repair.

Re: Birddog Landing Gear legs

Thu May 12, 2016 5:03 pm

Already did, thanks, waiting on a reply and trying to improve my knowledge base in the mean time. O-1D, by the way.

Ken
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