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     1. 03:57 AM - Re: Re: Nosewheel  (gary)
 
 
 
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Time: 03:57:27 AM PST US
From: "gary" <FlyinK@efortress.com>
Subject: Re: Pelican-List: Re: Nosewheel

--> Pelican-List message posted by: "gary" <FlyinK@Efortress.com>

Thanks Mike,
  That's reassuring to know it happens to someone else, and good info that
it seems to have opposite yaw.  That would explain why I can't get it back
in - I always try right rudder to get it back in but it doesn't seem to
work.
  I still have the bungee on the lightest setting, and the bolt is only out
about 1/4".  Funny, but mine sits less than mid-position when on the ground
and my engine is heavier.  Maybe yours is broken in much more.
  I have a small video camera that I bought for internal wing inspection and
I borrowed a very neat LCD display that I will mount in the plane.  I'll
have the camera pointed at the nosewheel somehow so I can see what's going
on but you have me more convinced that the nosewheel is the problem.
  I just ordered tailwheel parts so I may not care about this problem for
long, but some people are recommending against the tailwheel so I may end up
switching back.

Thanks very much Mike for the info,
  Gary


----- Original Message -----
From: "mike macleod" <macleod@eagle.ca>
Subject: Pelican-List: Re: Nosewheel


> --> Pelican-List message posted by: mike macleod <macleod@eagle.ca>
>
> Gary:
>
> I have never had the wheel come out of the notch in flight (once I get it
in)
> for reference I have:
>  - the bungee in the mid position.
>  - the bolt on the ring extending down about 1/2 inch into the slot
>  - the ring in about the mid position when the plane is on the ground
>
> One problem I do have is that after takeoff the nosewheel is usually
turned to
> the right.  (for some reason this makes the plane want to turn left) I
think it
> doesn't fall into the slot because I have to apply significant right
rudder to
> counteract the 'P' factor, this turns the nosewheel to the right so it
doesn't
> get a chance to fall in.
>
> What I end up doing after I throttle back is to apply hard left rudder and
this
> usually works.  But it is sometimes hard to tell if the gear has gone into
the
> slot so I do some more severe rudder movements until the plane seems to
fly
> straight without much force on the rudder pedals.
>
> This spring I am going to put in some sort of detection system that will
> indicate when the gear is in the slot (the plane is still down at the old
Picton
> air force base waiting for spring - we still have snow on the ground here)
>
> Let me know how you make out.
> Mike
>
>