"John B. Slocomb" wrote in message
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I never worked on small airplanes and I don't know how much nose
gear
problem they have (the big ones don't have much) and the strange
nose
gear was pretty light. Maybe a steel tubing, welded together, change
the whole thing, nose gear makes sense. A lot of the things the
Russians did that were condemned as "crude" actually made very good
sense.
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Cheers,

John B.

I've watched a Russian engineer bend the framework of a military
optical device to align the lenses, where we would have made the frame
heavier and added screws.

I've read that the TBO for their fighters was 200 hours, then they
tear it down and replace what's worn or damaged, like the hot section
and accessories.

In WW2 the average life of ours =in combat= was supposedly about 50
hours, though they held up far longer in training or on patrols.
http://www.wwiifoundation.org/missio...ircraft-facts/
"In 1942-43 it was statistically impossible for bomber crews to
complete a 25-mission tour in Europe."

-jsw