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From: Lancair Mailing List
[mailto:lml@lancaironline.net] On Behalf Of
MikeEasley@aol.com
Sent: Wednesday, January 03, 2007 10:13
AM
Chris, . . . The ES seems to be
more susceptible to shimmy, maybe due to the mass of the wheelpant or possibly
the hot cowl air flowing down the strut fairing, heating the damping oil and
lowering its viscosity. Mike
Easley Colorado Springs
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I had the wheel
pant on my GlaStar's castering nosewheel vibrate so badly on landing that
it broke off. The fix was to stiffen it with layers of glass. I took
the belt and suspenders method with my ES-P by adding layers of carbon to
stiffen the pant and I installed the Ong super
dampened nosegear. Result is no shimmy whether greased on fast or
dropped in short.
Robert M.
Simon
ES-P
N301ES
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