Return-Path: Sender: (Marvin Kaye) To: lml@lancaironline.net Date: Wed, 21 Jul 2004 12:42:03 -0400 Message-ID: X-Original-Return-Path: Received: from mail.indian-creek.net ([209.176.40.9] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.2b8) with ESMTP id 329030 for lml@lancaironline.net; Wed, 21 Jul 2004 11:27:03 -0400 Received-SPF: error receiver=logan.com; client-ip=209.176.40.9; envelope-from=toucan@78055.com Received: from VAIO (sl2.du.indian-creek.net [209.176.40.18] toucan@78055.com) by mail.indian-creek.net with SMTP (IOA-IPAD 4.02) id 0H1JF00 for ; Wed, 21 Jul 2004 10:26:30 -0500 X-Original-Message-ID: <001e01c46f37$131da1d0$1228b0d1@VAIO> From: "Jim Cameron" X-Original-To: "Lancair Mailing List" Subject: Legacy - heads up on main gear bolts X-Original-Date: Wed, 21 Jul 2004 10:26:18 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_001B_01C46F0D.28A3FBF0" X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1409 X-MIMEOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1409 This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_001B_01C46F0D.28A3FBF0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Just before taking to the air in my Legacy the other day, I got = staring at the left main wheel, and realized it looked funny because it = was toed out several degrees. Sorta duck-footed. Quick panic -- = couldn't imagine what broke inside the main strut. Ross got me calmed down, and told me to just loosen the four bolts = at the top of the curved wheel carrier, and twist the wheel into = alignment. Well, silly me! I had assumed, since those four bolts were = installed at the factory, that they would be aligned and tight. All = four were loose! I was able to re-align the wheel without even jacking = the plane. The bolts, needless to say, are now tight and marked. Need = I add that the four on the other main were loose also? It's the sort of embarassing oversight that's all too easy to = commit. I had noticed some weird tracking on takeoff and landing. No = wonder. Glad I didn't end up in the weeds. =20 As an aside, I've just installed a JPI EDM-900. Very nice! The = wiring harness is very well done, and installation, although = time-consuming because of the number of sensors involved, is pretty = easy. The display is very readable and the layout is good. Two = caveats: You have to specify what labels you want on three of the bar = graphs (OAT, L and R Fuel Qty are the usual) or else you'll get a = display screen with those graphs not labelled. This is certainly not = clear from their web site or literature. Second, you will need a laptop = computer to completely configure it the first time. Also not made clear = in any of their literature. Jim Cameron Legacy N121J ------=_NextPart_000_001B_01C46F0D.28A3FBF0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

Just before taking = to the air in=20 my Legacy the other day, I got staring at the left main wheel, and = realized it=20 looked funny because it was toed out several degrees. Sorta=20 duck-footed. Quick panic -- couldn't imagine what broke inside the = main=20 strut.

Ross got me calmed = down, and=20 told me to just loosen the four bolts at the top of the curved wheel = carrier,=20 and twist the wheel into alignment. Well, silly me! I = had=20 assumed, since those four bolts were installed at the factory, that they = would=20 be aligned and tight. All four were loose! I was able to = re-align=20 the wheel without even jacking the plane. The bolts, needless to = say, are=20 now tight and marked. Need I add that the four on the other main = were=20 loose also?

It's the sort of = embarassing=20 oversight that's all too easy to commit. I had noticed some weird = tracking=20 on takeoff and landing. No wonder. Glad I didn't end up in = the=20 weeds.

As an aside, I've = just installed=20 a JPI EDM-900. Very nice! The wiring harness is very well = done, and=20 installation, although time-consuming because of the number of sensors = involved,=20 is pretty easy. The display is very readable and the layout is = good. =20 Two caveats: You have to specify what labels you want on three of = the bar=20 graphs (OAT, L and R Fuel Qty are the usual) or else you'll get a = display screen=20 with those graphs not labelled. This is certainly not clear from = their web=20 site or literature. Second, you will need a laptop computer to = completely=20 configure it the first time. Also not made clear in any of their=20 literature.

Jim Cameron

Legacy N121J

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