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1. 04:59 AM - Re: Landing Gear (sdthatcher)
2. 11:01 AM - Re: Landing gear turn around (Peter W Johnson)
3. 01:03 PM - Re: Re: Landing Gear (Gary Ray)
4. 05:37 PM - Re: Landing gear turn around (kkinney)
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| Subject: | Re: Landing Gear |
Hi Bobby,
Before I put my gear on the aircraft with the flat side forward, I had done it
with the flat side aft. I called Zenith and they said there was no problem having
notches fore and aft on the gear. By the way, if I have luggage in the plane,
I do have the tail drop when stepping onto the wing... unless I do it quickly.
However, I have no problem keeping the nose off the ground during my landing
and 100 feet thereafter on roll out.
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Scott Thatcher, Palm Beach Gardens, FL
601XL with Corvair, Registered as E-LSA
N601EL, EAA203 42 hours and climbing.
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| Subject: | Landing gear turn around |
Jonathan,
I jumped up and down on the step today and nothing happened. It was very
stable.
Have fun!
Cheers
Peter
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jonathan@entry.co.za
Sent: Monday, 15 February 2010 5:52 PM
Subject: Re: Zenith-List: Landing gear turn around
This will be great Peter, the only difference then will be the motor weight,
I have a Rotax 912S, but if you see no tipping with the wings off, then I
should be OK. (Maybe need to go on a diet as well, but that is another
issue!)
Jonathan
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From: Peter W Johnson <mailto:vk3eka@bigpond.net.au>
Sent: Monday, February 15, 2010 8:37 AM
Subject: RE: Zenith-List: Landing gear turn around
Jonathan,
I have my gear flat side forward (correct according to my 2008 plan set).
My wings are off at the moment. I do have the prop, O-200 and the center
section in and can't say I noticed any tipping.
I can check tomorrow when I get to the hangar if you like. Can't help with
the flat side to the rear though.
Cheers
Peter
Wonthaggi Australia
http://zodiac.cpc-world.com
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Sent: Monday, 15 February 2010 5:23 PM
Subject: Zenith-List: Landing gear turn around
Hi all wise ones,
I have 601XL with 183Hrs on the hobbs. I am busy with the upgrade, and
decided to turn the gear around, flat side forward. I am hoping that the
transistion to flight would be smoother, and I will be able to hold the nose
gear off, for longer when landing. We have many very rough fields that we
land on, and I have bottomed out the nose gear on several occasions.
I believe that the latest plans call for the gear installed this way in
anycase. Could someone please confirm this, as my plans are rather old. Now
that I have turned the gear around, I tested it by standing on the step, and
well, now it tips onto it's tail. Now unfortunately I did not test this,
before turning the gear around. What I am trying to say is, is this going to
be a problem, as I currently have the wings off, the prop off, and the spar
carry thru is completely out of the plane. All of these components are in
front of the gear CoG.
Is there anyone out there with the wings off, and still has the landing gear
flat side to the rear, that can stand on the step, to see if it tips
backwards. Any help would be appreciated, as I would rather put the landing
gear back, before I put the wings back on.
Thnx
Jonathan Starke
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| Subject: | Re: Landing Gear |
I will take this opportunity to turn my gear around also. Now that the
center section is back in and the fuselage is no longer at risk of being
distorted. While the wings off there is no better time.
Gary Ray
davgray@sbcglobal.net
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| Subject: | Re: Landing gear turn around |
Just a minor data point - When I flew in a Factory build XL, I was specifically
warned about allowing 2 people from stepping up at the same time.
In case this happens, the factory has a skid that prevents the tie-down from hitting
the ground. It looks like they expected 2 people to try to step up at the
same time.
I wouldn't worry about it.
Regards,
Kevin Kinney
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