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Sent: Saturday, December 03, 2005 6:29
PM
Subject: [FlyRotary] Ed's Brakes...
Ed wrote:
> "But, with a training wheel up front, you can reallllllyyyyy get on
the binders hard without worry".
Not wishing in anyway to "nit pick" the above statement
but simply wanting RVers with "A" models to remember that
getting onto the binders too hard on grass could end up ruining your
day. About two years ago a local pilot landed his 8A on a
grass strip with some dips in it. He possibly was a bit too
hot and also long with the result that he really got onto the
"binders" which then caused the nose to squat down.
Simultaneously to this the nose
wheel encountered a shallow depression resulting in
the nose gear bending back and prop striking the soft
ground. Needles to say his flying ended for a next few days
until he ordered in a new front gear leg, repaired his front wheel
fairing, and installed a new prop.
Doug Lomheim
RV-9A, finishing kit