X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com X-PolluStop-Diagnostic: (direct reply)\eX-PolluStop-Score: 0.00\eX-PolluStop: Scanned with Niversoft PolluStop 2.1 RC1, http://www.niversoft.com/pollustop Return-Path: Received: from rwcrmhc13.comcast.net ([204.127.198.39] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.3c4) with ESMTP id 867738 for flyrotary@lancaironline.net; Wed, 13 Apr 2005 14:31:15 -0400 Received-SPF: none receiver=logan.com; client-ip=204.127.198.39; envelope-from=jesse@jessfarr.com Received: from office5 (pcp04959909pcs.midval01.tn.comcast.net[68.59.199.44]) by comcast.net (rwcrmhc13) with SMTP id <2005041318302801500h27i2e>; Wed, 13 Apr 2005 18:30:29 +0000 Message-ID: <04e101c54056$c7ae4820$057ba8c0@farr.com> From: "jesse farr" To: "Rotary motors in aircraft" References: Subject: Re: [FlyRotary] Fw: Gear-UP Landings - problem solved...? Date: Wed, 13 Apr 2005 14:29:50 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_04DE_01C54035.40643300" X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.2180 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.2180 This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_04DE_01C54035.40643300 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="Windows-1252" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Why the nylon ball, why not just a nice nylon/teflon block at the = contact point amd don't worry too much about the scrape ? jofarr, soddy tn ----- Original Message ----- From: Jack Beale=20 What I'm suggesting is a Nylon ball, about 2" in diameter. It = would be mounted on the nose of the Cozy in place of the "hockey-puck". = Should the gear fail (or, fail to be lowered) the Nylon ball would allow = the nose to "roll" rather than "scrape" down the runway until the A/C = could be stopped. ------=_NextPart_000_04DE_01C54035.40643300 Content-Type: text/html; charset="Windows-1252" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

Why the nylon ball, why not just a nice = nylon/teflon block at the contact point amd don't worry too much about = the=20 scrape ?

jofarr, soddy tn

----- Original Message ----- = From: Jack Beale=20

What I'm suggesting is a Nylon ball, about 2" = in=20 diameter. It would be mounted on the nose of the Cozy in place = of the=20 "hockey-puck". Should the gear fail (or, fail to be = lowered)=20 the Nylon ball would allow the nose to "roll" rather than = "scrape" down=20 the runway until the A/C could be = stopped.

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