X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com Return-Path: Sender: To: lml Date: Sat, 09 Sep 2006 00:31:15 -0400 Message-ID: X-Original-Return-Path: Received: from [64.12.137.3] (HELO imo-m22.mail.aol.com) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.1c.3) with ESMTP id 1370516 for lml@lancaironline.net; Fri, 08 Sep 2006 18:11:36 -0400 Received-SPF: pass receiver=logan.com; client-ip=64.12.137.3; envelope-from=Sky2high@aol.com Received: from Sky2high@aol.com by imo-m22.mx.aol.com (mail_out_v38_r7.6.) id q.417.a4b02e0 (40520) for ; Fri, 8 Sep 2006 18:10:37 -0400 (EDT) From: Sky2high@aol.com X-Original-Message-ID: <417.a4b02e0.3233445c@aol.com> X-Original-Date: Fri, 8 Sep 2006 18:10:36 EDT Subject: Re: [LML] Re: 360 short mount needed Yesterday X-Original-To: lml@lancaironline.net MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="-----------------------------1157753436" X-Mailer: 9.0 Security Edition for Windows sub 5330 X-Spam-Flag: NO -------------------------------1157753436 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit In a message dated 9/8/2006 1:17:31 P.M. Central Standard Time, marv@lancaironline.net writes: Does naybody have a O-360 short mount they can part with for a price or we can borrow? Landed Unleashed yesterday upon returning to PHX and had a violent shimmy. Scott G., Bummer. I don't have any of the parts you need, but we sure would like to know what instigated the shimmy besides way too much power/weight in your wee Lancair. Was it a cupped tire, low strut fluid, low strut air, internal screws loose, external screws loose or what? It is not unusual that violent shimmy results in engine mount failure, thus the interest in avoiding having it ever happen. I think you were lucky that the nose gear did not collapse from a break in the mount. Scott Krueger AKA Grayhawk Lancair N92EX IO320 SB 89/96 Aurora, IL (KARR) Everything in moderation. -------------------------------1157753436 Content-Type: text/html; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

In a message dated 9/8/2006 1:17:31 P.M. Central Standard Time,=20 marv@lancaironline.net writes:

<= FONT=20 style=3D"BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" face=3DArial color=3D#000000 size= =3D2>Does=20 naybody have a O-360 short mount they can part with for a price or we
c= an=20 borrow? Landed Unleashed yesterday upon returning to PHX and had a=20 violent
shimmy.

Scott G.,

Bummer. I don't have any of the parts you need, but we sure would= =20 like to know what instigated the shimmy besides way too much power/weig= ht=20 in your wee Lancair. Was it a cupped tire, low strut fluid, low strut=20= air,=20 internal screws loose, external screws loose or what?

It is not unusual that violent shimmy results in engine mount failure,=20= thus=20 the interest in avoiding having it ever happen.

I think you were lucky that the nose gear did not collapse from a break= in=20 the mount.

Scott Krueger=20 AKA Grayhawk
Lancair N92EX IO320 SB 89/96
Aurora, IL=20 (KARR)

Everything in moderation.

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