Fellow 320/360 owners, builders, and operators (and anyone else caring to comment):

Does anyone out there think it is worth my while to have a nose gear over-center link manufactured out of a different material?  Mark Ravinski's unfortunate incident made me wonder.  I believe Mark attributes his to time in service and perhaps poor maintenance.  it seems the follow on posts mostly support that conclusion along with possible installation problems.  I have investigated this enough to know that it is a fairly expensive proposition especially without CAD drawings.  I reviewed the archives and noted that someone was going to produce them in steel and make them available way back when.  Does anyone recall if that actually happened? Does anyone out there actually have the CAD drawings?  Ross at Lancair was unable to help in that regard.  Any interest in any sort of a group buy?  I hope to fully utilize this little beauty if I ever get it done to include landing on grass. That said, should I suck it up and get the part made or am I being a total nervous Nelly?  Any and all comments welcome!

Thanks,

Steve Veach

75% done, 75% to go