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1. 06:45 AM - Re: Front strut steering (johnaswanson)
2. 07:28 AM - Re: Re: Front strut steering (Mark S.)
3. 08:56 AM - Re: Front strut steering (johnaswanson)
4. 09:33 AM - Re: Re: Front strut steering (Larry)
5. 09:41 AM - Re: Re: Front strut steering (John Marzulli)
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| Subject: | Re: Front strut steering |
experience, proficiency,skill, etc aside
has anyone made any mechanical improvements to the
nose wheel, strut, steering etc of the CH701?
I think someone out there has a better idea.
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John ch701 912
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| Subject: | Re: Front strut steering |
John.
Try Larry Martins site www.skyhawg.com. Look for the link spring loaded steering rods.
Just keep in mind while Larry is a talented builder he does not fly. So a lot of
his designs have not been extensively tested. Also when using this setup all
the foot pressure when applying the brakes goes to your rudder cables and then
on to your rudder horn and associated ware points.
For a fairly new guy to the list you have gotten spanked pretty hard the last couple
of days. It's probably not a good idea to come on to a list that loves there
701's and say that what they are flying has serious design flaws.
For the little amount of time my nose wheel is on the ground it is just not an
issue.
Hope Larry's site helps.
Mark S.
701/912uls 200hrs 122 off airport landings
Sent from Mark's iPad
On Jan 3, 2012, at 6:42 AM, "johnaswanson" <jswanson@jamadots.com> wrote:
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| Subject: | Re: Front strut steering |
before I can do any more flying and landings i need to do some
fixing!
So this is my opportunity to "improve" on "my" airplane.
Has anyone on this list made any changes?
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John ch701 912
Read this topic online here:
http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=362333#362333
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| Subject: | Re: Front strut steering |
Actually, the rudder/front wheel spring setup has been extremely well
tested/used. The same setup has been used on the RAF-2000 gyroplane for
many many years. It wasn't exactly my idea, I just put it on a 701. I
have 20+ hours of taxiing on my 701, and it works fine. Larry did fly,
Larry just doesn't care to anymore, as they say, "been there, done
that". When I flew gyros it helped a lot. If you don't think you would
like the setup you can always tighten them up where you have no spring
assistance. Take care, Larry
On 1/3/2012 9:25 AM, Mark S. wrote:
> --> Zenith701801-List message posted by: "Mark S."<n752ms@softcom.net>
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> John.
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> Try Larry Martins site www.skyhawg.com. Look for the link spring loaded steering rods.
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> Just keep in mind while Larry is a talented builder he does not fly. So a lot
of his designs have not been extensively tested. Also when using this setup
all the foot pressure when applying the brakes goes to your rudder cables and
then on to your rudder horn and associated ware points.
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> For a fairly new guy to the list you have gotten spanked pretty hard the last
couple of days. It's probably not a good idea to come on to a list that loves
there 701's and say that what they are flying has serious design flaws.
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> For the little amount of time my nose wheel is on the ground it is just not an
issue.
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> Hope Larry's site helps.
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> Mark S.
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> 701/912uls 200hrs 122 off airport landings
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> Sent from Mark's iPad
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> On Jan 3, 2012, at 6:42 AM, "johnaswanson"<jswanson@jamadots.com> wrote:
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>> --> Zenith701801-List message posted by: "johnaswanson"<jswanson@jamadots.com>
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>> experience, proficiency,skill, etc aside
>> has anyone made any mechanical improvements to the
>> nose wheel, strut, steering etc of the CH701?
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>> I think someone out there has a better idea.
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>> John ch701 912
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>> Read this topic online here:
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>> http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=362323#362323
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| Subject: | Re: Front strut steering |
One thing that I am still not fully happy with in my 701 is the friction in
the front nose fork bearings.
To help with this I added a nylon bearing block underneath the strut cap
and then heavily lubricated it with teflon.
Others have added nylon blocks to the inside of the lower nose bearing
extrusion such that the welded tubes that attach to the push rods ride on
the nylon when in flight.
John Marzulli
http://MarzulliPhoto.net/
http://701Builder.blogspot.com/
On Tue, Jan 3, 2012 at 8:54 AM, johnaswanson <jswanson@jamadots.com> wrote:
> jswanson@jamadots.com>
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> before I can do any more flying and landings i need to do some
> fixing!
> So this is my opportunity to "improve" on "my" airplane.
>
> Has anyone on this list made any changes?
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> John ch701 912
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> Read this topic online here:
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> http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=362333#362333
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