---------------------------------------------------------- Glasair-List Digest Archive --- Total Messages Posted Thu 04/01/04: 6 ---------------------------------------------------------- Today's Message Index: ---------------------- 1. 08:00 AM - Re: Nose Wheel Shimmy (jnmarkey@icongrp.com) 2. 08:16 AM - Re: Re: Nose Wheel Shimmy (Dj Merrill) 3. 08:18 AM - Re: Re: Nose Wheel Shimmy (Dj Merrill) 4. 10:10 AM - Re: Re: Nose Wheel Shimmy (N16cd@aol.com) 5. 10:12 AM - Re: Re: Nose Wheel Shimmy (N16cd@aol.com) 6. 11:46 PM - Official Usage Guideline [Please Read] [Monthly Posting] (Matt Dralle) ________________________________ Message 1 _____________________________________ Time: 08:00:48 AM PST US From: jnmarkey@icongrp.com Subject: Glasair-List: RE: Nose Wheel Shimmy --> Glasair-List message posted by: jnmarkey@icongrp.com Greetings to the list: I recently put my wheel pants on for the first time on my Glasair II. I began to notice some shimmying on landing, and the last landing was an eye opener. I thought the front gear was coming off and executed a soft field landing technique to keep the plane straight on the runway. I am checking the gear and mountings for integrity, and I will remove the front wheel pant and check the main bolt etc. I am also toying with ideas to add dampening. Has anyone experienced this? Solutions? ________________________________ Message 2 _____________________________________ Time: 08:16:49 AM PST US From: Dj Merrill Subject: Re: Glasair-List: RE: Nose Wheel Shimmy --> Glasair-List message posted by: Dj Merrill jnmarkey@icongrp.com wrote: > --> Glasair-List message posted by: jnmarkey@icongrp.com > > Greetings to the list: > > I recently put my wheel pants on for the first time on my Glasair II. > I began to notice some shimmying on landing, and the last landing was > an eye opener. I thought the front gear was coming off and executed a > soft field landing technique to keep the plane straight on the runway. > > I am checking the gear and mountings for integrity, and I will remove > the front wheel pant and check the main bolt etc. I am also toying > with ideas to add dampening. > > Has anyone experienced this? Solutions? Yes, I had to tighten the bolt that adjust the friction for the wheel swivel so that there was a noticeable resistance when trying to swivel the wheel by hand. That fixed the problem - so far about 60 hours since then with no troubles. -Dj -- Dj Merrill Thayer School of Engineering ThUG Sr. Unix Systems Administrator 8000 Cummings Hall deej@thayer.dartmouth.edu - N1JOV Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH 03755 "On the side of the software box, in the 'System Requirements' section, it said 'Requires Windows 95 or better'. So I installed Linux." -Anonymous ________________________________ Message 3 _____________________________________ Time: 08:18:13 AM PST US From: Dj Merrill Subject: Re: Glasair-List: RE: Nose Wheel Shimmy --> Glasair-List message posted by: Dj Merrill jnmarkey@icongrp.com wrote: > I recently put my wheel pants on for the first time on my Glasair II. > I began to notice some shimmying on landing, and the last landing was > an eye opener. I thought the front gear was coming off and executed a > soft field landing technique to keep the plane straight on the runway. I should note that I have a Glasair I FT, not a II. I think the nose gear is similar, though. -Dj -- Dj Merrill Thayer School of Engineering ThUG Sr. Unix Systems Administrator 8000 Cummings Hall deej@thayer.dartmouth.edu - N1JOV Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH 03755 "On the side of the software box, in the 'System Requirements' section, it said 'Requires Windows 95 or better'. So I installed Linux." -Anonymous ________________________________ Message 4 _____________________________________ Time: 10:10:24 AM PST US From: N16cd@aol.com Subject: Re: Glasair-List: RE: Nose Wheel Shimmy --> Glasair-List message posted by: N16cd@aol.com Yup, low tire pressure will cause a shimmy. You need 60 pounds in the tire. The front clutch must be tightened until it takes twenty pounds of force to move the wheel assembly. ________________________________ Message 5 _____________________________________ Time: 10:12:06 AM PST US From: N16cd@aol.com Subject: Re: Glasair-List: RE: Nose Wheel Shimmy --> Glasair-List message posted by: N16cd@aol.com Check the bolts that hold the two trunions to the fire wall ribs. ________________________________ Message 6 _____________________________________ Time: 11:46:04 PM PST US From: Matt Dralle Subject: Glasair-List: Official Usage Guideline [Please Read] [Monthly Posting] DNA: do not archive --> Glasair-List message posted by: Matt Dralle Dear Lister, Please read over the Glasair-List Usage Guidelines below. 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