---------------------------------------------------------- Zenith-List Digest Archive --- Total Messages Posted Fri 09/14/12: 1 ---------------------------------------------------------- Today's Message Index: ---------------------- 1. 12:51 PM - HDS Gear. (Mark Napier -X (napierm - STMicroelectronics Inc. at Cisco)) ________________________________ Message 1 _____________________________________ Time: 12:51:03 PM PST US From: "Mark Napier -X (napierm - STMicroelectronics Inc. at Cisco)" Subject: Zenith-List: 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Other Matronics Email List Services ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Post A New Message zenith-list@matronics.com UN/SUBSCRIBE http://www.matronics.com/subscription List FAQ http://www.matronics.com/FAQ/Zenith-List.htm Web Forum Interface To Lists http://forums.matronics.com Matronics List Wiki http://wiki.matronics.com Full Archive Search Engine http://www.matronics.com/search 7-Day List Browse http://www.matronics.com/browse/zenith-list Browse Digests http://www.matronics.com/digest/zenith-list Browse Other Lists http://www.matronics.com/browse Live Online Chat! http://www.matronics.com/chat Archive Downloading http://www.matronics.com/archives Photo Share http://www.matronics.com/photoshare Other Email Lists http://www.matronics.com/emaillists Contributions http://www.matronics.com/contribution ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- These Email List Services are sponsored solely by Matronics and through the generous Contributions of its members.