Install Standard/Light Install Heavy
These photos are of our current Standard units, notice we added a gusset to all of our units!
Our Trailing Link Suspension Nose Gear has progressive spring rate suspension with a full six inches of travel.
A Urethane dampener has been added to the spring shafts on all of the units to reduce rebound impact to the spring assembly.
Will accept a tire diameter of 9" to 12" and a max width of 5".
Picture on far right shown at full compression without springs, for demonstration only.
The trailing link design works well in rough terrain by moving back and up when hitting rocks or obstacles during landing. This systems progressive suspension has a light (smooth) initial impact and will increase to several hundred pounds if needed during a high impact landing. Such as high speed nose first or stalling above the runway landing. With the trailing link design there is no binding due to the angle of impact.
Bolt on replacement for the standard factory gear on the single or two place Challenger ultralight aircraft with out modifications required to the airframe. The main frame tube is 4130 chrome- molybdenum tube steel and is TIG welded together.
Designed for rough field conditions and hard landings on pavement that would have damaged your factory landing gear. Extended testing on rough field operations and in use on student rental aircraft since 5/05.
The steering angle remains stock during taxing to help maneuver in tight areas and moves to a caster as the impact is transferred into the suspension not the air frame. This helps reduce side load on all of the landing gear.
Full compression is just under the force needed to start bending airframe components.
Optional spring loads may be used for lighter/heavier aircraft and runway surface conditions (tall thick grass and extreme rough terrain.) The flexibility of this system helps you to adjust to your landing environment.
Our trailing link suspension is not designed to work with a nose wheel pant, because of the increased movement of the landing gear. The use of a nose wheel pant could cause a safety issue for yourself or damage to your plane.
The weight of the challenger factory nose gear is 1.30 lbs without the axle. This new Trailing Link Suspension nose gear weighs 4.3 lbs without the axle.
(Photos shown are older units, shown for demonstration purposes.)
The new design is not predrilled, which allows you to drill holes for your wheel size.
There are counter sinks to allow for more accurate drilling.
Picture on right shows what it will look like after drilled and assembled with supplied axle.
STANDARD TRAILING LINK SUSPENSION KIT $410
POWDER COATING STANDARD ON ALL UNITS
(basic kit does not include wheel or tire)
(tax and shipping cost not included)
Wheel (mounted) included with kit for additional $80
ALL HARDWARE REQUIRED FOR INSTALLATION AND DETAILED INSTRUCTIONS INCLUDED WITH KIT
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