Van's Aircraft RV-12 Maintenance Manual

Rev. 6
5-8
LANDING GEAR
The landing gear includes the gear-legs, wheels and tires, nose fork and
mounting brackets. The nose gear-leg is steel, with welded brackets. The aluminum
nose fork attaches and pivots at the lower end. An axle bolt and nut fastens the axle,
spacer, and wheel and tire assembly to the nose fork. The main gear-legs are
aluminum, fastened to the center section channel with brackets and bolts. Each main
axle bolts to the lower end of each gear leg. All three tires are 5.00 x 5 size, either 4-ply
or 6-ply tube type aircraft tires are acceptable.
Figure 12: Landing Gear

Van's Aircraft RV-12 Specifications

General

Brand	Van's Aircraft
Model	RV-12
Category	Aircrafts
Language	English