801 nose gear

Adding rubber donuts and a spacer to the 801 nose gear

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Comment by Daniel Niendorff on April 12, 2020 at 10:17pm

I decided to add the rubber puck "donut" system in place of the bungee on my 801.  As it was designed for the 750, there were a couple of things to work out.  Nothing too bad though.  The biggest issue I had was engine mount clearance.  In my first pic you can see how tight it is.  The rubber and the aluminum disks alternate, and neither will clear the mount.  So I created a spacer that can move freely on the gear, and ride between the pucks.  I also turned down the aluminum disks below the spacer.  Under normal operations, the amount of gear travel will be totally taken care of by the spacer.  I turned down the aluminum disks just in case it ever went all the way to the stop.

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