X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com Return-Path: Sender: To: lml@lancaironline.net Date: Sun, 03 Jul 2005 18:36:15 -0400 Message-ID: X-Original-Return-Path: Received: from BAYC1-PASMTP03.bayc1.hotmail.com ([65.54.191.163] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.3.6) with ESMTP id 1030132 for lml@lancaironline.net; Sun, 03 Jul 2005 11:42:07 -0400 Received-SPF: pass receiver=logan.com; client-ip=65.54.191.163; envelope-from=ian.crowe@sympatico.ca X-Original-Message-ID: X-Originating-IP: [69.159.74.121] X-Originating-Email: [ian.crowe@sympatico.ca] Received: from crowe ([69.159.74.121]) by BAYC1-PASMTP03.bayc1.hotmail.com over TLS secured channel with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.211); Sun, 3 Jul 2005 08:41:22 -0700 X-Original-Message-ID: <001701c57fe5$bcad00a0$65c4fea9@crowe> From: "Ian B. Crowe" X-Original-To: "Lancair Mailing List" Subject: Nose gear bent X-Original-Date: Sun, 3 Jul 2005 11:41:51 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_0014_01C57FC4.3404E220" 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 X-Original-Return-Path: ian.crowe@sympatico.ca X-OriginalArrivalTime: 03 Jul 2005 15:41:22.0781 (UTC) FILETIME=[AA1728D0:01C57FE5] This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0014_01C57FC4.3404E220 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable I would be very careful about assuming that the engine mount is bent. = If you do not remember doing a hard landing and you are the only pilot = then it was not bent by a hard landing. My nose gear is very close to the gear door and has touched it from time = to time but the emergency extension works fine. It has never touched = the sides of the gear well. When you say "Actuator" I take it to mean the gas strut that extends the = gear in an emergency. If that was bent it cannot be straightened to the = degree necessary to ensure proper operation. IT WILL ALWAYS BIND I = promise you. I have installed two actuators and there is no way to bend = them if you do the job properly. That is a fact Make certain that the bolts holding the strut to the engine mounts are = tight.. If they are, try slacking them off and moving the strut to see = if you can get clearance. Yes, a slight movement at the top does get = magnified at the bottom. I would approach this problem with a very high degree of scepticism. = Somebody has screwed up somewhere. If the pilot did not bend it, who = did and how? Has it always been hard to freefall from the very first. = If so was it built correctly? Get a second opinion if you can. Ian Crowe. C-FKRO ------=_NextPart_000_0014_01C57FC4.3404E220 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

I would be very careful about assuming that the = engine mount=20 is bent. If you do not remember doing a hard landing and you are = the only=20 pilot then it was not bent by a hard landing.

My nose gear is very close to the gear door and has = touched it=20 from time to time but the emergency extension works fine. It has = never=20 touched the sides of the gear well.

When you say "Actuator" I take it to mean the gas = strut that=20 extends the gear in an emergency. If that was bent it cannot be=20 straightened to the degree necessary to ensure proper operation. = IT WILL=20 ALWAYS BIND I promise you. I have installed two actuators and = there is no=20 way to bend them if you do the job properly. That is a = fact

Make certain that the bolts holding the strut = to the=20 engine mounts are tight.. If they are, try slacking them off and = moving=20 the strut to see if you can get clearance. Yes, a slight movement = at the=20 top does get magnified at the bottom.

I would approach this problem with a very high = degree of=20 scepticism. Somebody has screwed up somewhere. If the pilot = did not=20 bend it, who did and how? Has it always been hard to freefall from = the=20 very first. If so was it built correctly?

Get a second opinion if you can.

Ian Crowe.

C-FKRO

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