7FC Landing Gear Bracket

Scott Rower · Post by **Scott Rower** » Sat Nov 04, 2006 20:38

Howdy,

I have friend that is restoring a 7FC basket case. The bracket that ties the top of the nose gear to the firewall center is missing. OEM part no. 1-8750 Bracket. Does anyone have one of these that they would sell? Or does anyone know material and thickness so one can be fabricated? Any info is appreciated.

Thanks in advance,

Scott

Jody Wittmeyer · Post by **Jody Wittmeyer** » Sat Nov 04, 2006 22:00

If you knew the actual drawing number, Brian Matz could probably give you the dimensions.

Scott Rower · Post by **Scott Rower** » Sat Nov 04, 2006 23:53

Jody,

Thanks. I have no idea what the drawing number would be. I have looked at what is available from Todd Trainor, no luck.

I was hoping that someone had one laying around from a 7FC to 7EC conversion.

Best regards,

Scott

Jody Wittmeyer · Post by **Jody Wittmeyer** » Sun Nov 05, 2006 18:27

Doug Gibbs from Ohio did a tailwheel conversion on his. Beautiful airplane. I don't know his contact info though. Brian has a lot of digitized drawings, but we haven't had time to catalogue them yet. He can look up the actual drawing numbers, I believe, if you had it.
come on guys, I know there are lot's of FC's and EC conversions out there.

Paul Agaliotis · Post by **Paul Agaliotis** » Mon Nov 06, 2006 10:58

Scott,
If you run into a dead end I have one for my FC project and could help you out with some sketches and dimentions. Mine appears to have been hand drilled and a replacement from another aircraft may not fit.
Paul

Scott Rower · Post by **Scott Rower** » Mon Nov 06, 2006 20:02

Paul,

Thank you. I would be interested in dimentions, material and thickness. I assume that there are 2 lugs welded to a flat plate that bolts thru the firewall to the fuselage pad on the back side of the firewall and that the upper fitting on the tube frame just clears the bottom center bolt head. Just guessing, but the dimention from the parting suface to the center of the tube frame thru bolt is about 1 1/16". This dimention is criticle as it locates the nose wheel fore and aft. Again just guessing, that the material would be 1/8" chromoly. How close am I?

Thanks for the help.

Scott

Paul Agaliotis · Post by **Paul Agaliotis** » Thu Nov 09, 2006 00:19

Scott,
I measured my firewall attach fitting and the plate is .100 with the six holes for securing to the fuselage tubing. The ears for the strut attach are .135 with a stiffener welded to the top side which is .063 thick.
Paul

Post by **joea** » Thu Nov 09, 2006 00:37

Paul,

If you have a photo of the bracket, shoot it to my email and will post it here.

Joe

Scott Rower · Post by **Scott Rower** » Thu Nov 09, 2006 20:37

Paul,

Thanks for the information.

Scott

Paul Agaliotis · Post by **Paul Agaliotis** » Fri Nov 10, 2006 00:41

Joe,
Thanks for the offer. One of the things on my list is to get computer literate. I cant even get a picture posted on this site. I think my home computer needs an upgrade. Its a Pentium 75 with a 28.8 Modem. Stop laughing. I guess I spend too much time in the shop.
Paul

Post by **joea** » Fri Nov 10, 2006 02:03

Paul,

If you want to stick with your old computer you can do three things to speed it up several levels that will cost you less than $200.

Upgrade the hard drive. It probably has a 10 gig unit in it now, running at 5400 rpm's. Put a 7200 or even 10,000 rpm unit in it, with a capacity of at least 40 gigs. The size and speed increase will amaze you. Install it, or have someone install it in the primary or boot position but keep your old drive in the secondary position.

Then install a fresh copy of Windows 2000 (probably the newest operating system that a P75 will handle) (if you need it, let me know) on the new hard drive and this way all of your data will still be accessable on the old drive which is now drive "D" on the computer. I have two 400 gig hard drives on my main computer and they cost right around $100 each, so this is not expensive.

Installing a fresh version of the operating system should be done around each year. The hard drive gets full of crap that cannot be deleted and if you save your files, then format the hard drive (erases it and all the files on it) and start fresh, the speed increase is substancial.

Second is to find out what the maximum RAM (random access memory) is on your computer and put it in. Should cost you no more than $75 to 100.

Third thing is to buy at least a 54k modem. This will double your upload/download speeds and should cost around $25.

These three things will maximize your existing computer. Might get you another year out of it for minimal cost.

Now, that said, the holidays are coming up, and with them the usual sales on everything, computers included. For $400 or so you can get a new computer from Dell or the like (I prefer Dell, their support is excellent and they will be in business forever) and it would be "turnkey" ready and extremely fast. Spend the extra $100 or 200 and get the 17 or 19 inch LCD flat screen, its more than worth it.

You will simply be amazed at the difference in both speed and how fast you get things done compared to the old computer. Neither of us are getting younger and the time you spent at the old computer either waiting for things to happen, or the website to open will be cut by 80%. Get a faster computer and use the saved time enjoying your Aeronca. Save the old computer in your house. Network it (can teach you how) and use it as a backup unit to save all your documents, photo's and such in case there is ever a problem with the main unit.

Joe A

Jody Wittmeyer · Post by **Jody Wittmeyer** » Sun Nov 26, 2006 01:59

Scott, the part number is the drawing number. I don't know if that one has been scanned yet, but might send Brian Matz an e-mail request for that part number.