Return-Path: Received: from slkcpop1.slkc.uswest.net ([206.81.128.1]) by truman.olsusa.com (Post.Office MTA v3.5.1 release 219 ID# 0-52269U2500L250S0V35) with SMTP id com for ; Tue, 23 Mar 1999 09:13:54 -0500 Received: (qmail 23866 invoked by alias); 23 Mar 1999 14:15:59 -0000 Received: (qmail 23859 invoked by uid 0); 23 Mar 1999 14:15:58 -0000 Received: from edsl164.slkc.uswest.net (HELO scottdah.slkc.uswest.net) (209.181.81.164) by pop.slkc.uswest.net with SMTP; 23 Mar 1999 14:15:58 -0000 Delivered-To: fixup-lancair.list@olsusa.com@fixme From: "Scott Dahlgren" To: "___Lancair list" Subject: gas springs Date: Tue, 23 Mar 1999 07:18:08 -0700 Message-ID: Importance: Normal X-Mailing-List: lancair.list@olsusa.com Mime-Version: 1.0 <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<--->>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> << Lancair Builders' Mail List >> <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<--->>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >> Hal, you can check the spring load by putting a small piece of plywood on your chest and one on you bathroom scale and pushing down till the strut starts to moves. be careful not to tilt the plywood on your chest to much or you catch the strut in your throat. I made a little holder for the tip in the center of the plywood pieces (a small piece of a 2x4 with a hole drilled in the middle). the moving (lower) value is the strut rating. you also may want to check out my double strut design. I used two Volvo units that weighed as much as the one unit supplied by Lancair and produce 150 lbs force (total). since the units are on both sides of the trailing arm they have no tendency to bind and it moves down and locks much nicer than the old unit I had. it also give you a factor of safety in cold weather. you can see this design on my web page at: http://www.itsnet.com/~dahlgren/airplane.htm I will be updating my web page with pictures of the actual installation and my carb air box with a full sized filter if any of you are interested. Scott