X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com Return-Path: Sender: To: lml Date: Tue, 21 Nov 2006 12:30:07 -0500 Message-ID: X-Original-Return-Path: Received: from [70.62.14.124] (HELO server1.USTEK) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.1.2) with ESMTP id 1589569 for lml@lancaironline.net; Tue, 21 Nov 2006 11:37:21 -0500 Received-SPF: none receiver=logan.com; client-ip=70.62.14.124; envelope-from=rsimon@ustek.com Subject: RE: [LML] Re: 4P Nose Gear. MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----_=_NextPart_001_01C70D8B.7CA67F10" X-Original-Date: Tue, 21 Nov 2006 11:38:22 -0500 Content-class: urn:content-classes:message X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft Exchange V6.5 X-Original-Message-ID: X-MS-Has-Attach: X-MS-TNEF-Correlator: Thread-Topic: [LML] Re: 4P Nose Gear. Thread-Index: AccNg1df4X3W79WERhylZElLn6d6RwABynlA From: "Lancair" X-Original-Sender: "Robert Simon" X-Original-To: "Lancair Mailing List" This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------_=_NextPart_001_01C70D8B.7CA67F10 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Yes, I have the new damned - I mean damped - strut. And everything together works damped well although I did not drill the cooling holes in the strut fairing that some builders have tried. =20 =20 I had a similar problem with my GlaStar and it shimmied so badly that the wheel pant broke apart. My fix was to add another Belden washer and crank them down tight. Ya gotta ensure that the nose wheel is perfectly aligned at the start of the takeoff run or it will pull you toward the weeds, but on landing there's neither shake nor rattle during the roll. =20 Robert M. Simon ES-P N301ES =20 ________________________________ From: Lancair Mailing List [mailto:lml@lancaironline.net] On Behalf Of MikeEasley@aol.com Sent: Tuesday, November 21, 2006 10:39 AM To: lml Subject: [LML] Re: 4P Nose Gear. Robert, =20 Don't you also have the new style strut with stronger damping force? But you are right, we really don't have enough data to definitively determine the cause of the shimmy. Some people seem to get it, some don't. But the ES seems to suffer more shimmy than the retractables. =20 This is the first I'd heard of any in the Legacy. =20 Mike ------_=_NextPart_001_01C70D8B.7CA67F10 Content-Type: text/html; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

Yes, I have = the new=20 damned - I mean damped - strut. And everything together works = damped well=20 although I did not drill the cooling holes in the strut fairing = that some=20 builders have tried.

I had a = similar problem=20 with my GlaStar and it shimmied so badly that the wheel pant broke = apart. =20 My fix was to add another Belden washer and crank them down tight. = Ya=20 gotta ensure that the nose wheel is perfectly aligned at the start of = the=20 takeoff run or it will pull you toward the weeds, but on landing there's = neither=20 shake nor rattle during the roll.

Robert=20 M. Simon

ES-P=20 N301ES

From: Lancair Mailing List=20 [mailto:lml@lancaironline.net] On Behalf Of=20 MikeEasley@aol.com
Sent: Tuesday, November 21, 2006 10:39=20 AM
To: lml
Subject: [LML] Re: 4P Nose=20 Gear.

Robert,

Don't you also have the new style strut with stronger damping = force? =20 But you are right, we really don't have enough data to definitively = determine=20 the cause of the shimmy. Some people seem to get it, some = don't. But=20 the ES seems to suffer more shimmy than the retractables.

This is the first I'd heard of any in the Legacy.

Mike

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