Original Posted By: "Rodger & Betty Childs"
Bart,The spring that Bernie Pietenpol called out is: 6 7/8" long in the open position, 1 7/16" dia., and fully compressed at 190 lbs. Gary Price calls out a spring: 7" long relaxed, 1.38" O.D., 190 lbs compressed solid. Both are pretty darn close to each other. I have no idea of the wire dia.for the spring, 3/16" is a good guess, but the material is spring steel.(Sorry, I couldn't help that last one.)At the time I got in touch with Gary Price he didn't have an e-mailaddress, but that was about 3 years ago now. However his address(Pony Express) is: Yesterday's Wings Aeroplane Works, Inc. Hampton Airfield, Route 1 Lafayette Rd. North Hampton, NH 03862Best wishes,Rodger ChildsPiet in progress________________________________________________________________________________