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Time: 
12:51:03 PM PST US
From: 
"Mark Napier -X (napierm - STMicroelectronics Inc. at Cisco)" <napierm@cisco.com>
Subject: 
HDS Gear.
      
      Hello,
      
      I just bought and flew back Cliff Gromer's 601HDS from upstate NY down to G
      A.  This is the Popular Mechanics plane from 1997.  It has a few squawks bu
      t is very pretty and flies nice.
      
      On landing on our grass strip I discover that the bungie main struts are ve
      ry stiff.  The roll out is a pogo stick ride.  Now the heavier planes with 
      spring gear or oleo struts don't jolt like this down the runway.  Even the 
      Kitfox III with bungie gear wasn't this rough.
      
      I can push down on one wing to lift the other main off of the ground and sh
      ake the plane and still that main strut does not move.  Cliff says this is 
      normal and that it is stiff.
      
      Is this everyone's experience?  It seems like the mains should give a littl
      e.  Has anyone tried softening them up somehow?
      
      Thanks in advance,
      
      Mark Napier
      








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