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Chris,
I'm with Bill on this one, 1.5" sounds like a lot of toe in (or
out, for that matter) unless it's being measured at maybe 20' in
front of the axle. Are you certain they didn't mean 1.5 degrees?
I don't know the dynamics of the Velocity main gear in motion,
but as a quick rule of thumb, I'd clamp a couple of 24" angle
irons to the two rims with a 1" tail behind (to measure between)
and then adjust the toe in until the distance between the fronts
is about 1/8" to 3/16" less than the rear. Unless the gear tends
to twist outward (toe out) during motion, that should be
sufficient toe in.
On 1/26/2014 11:18 AM, Bill Bradburry wrote:
Chris,
How far out in
front of the tire is that
one inch or 1.5 inch measured? That seems like a lot of
toe in. The Lancair
fixed gears are 0.5 inch measured 3 feet in front of the
tire.
Hopefully,attached
to a follow on msg is a
jpg on how to build a jig to measure the toe in. The
list is limited to
300kb and the file is 285kb.
Bill
From: Rotary motors in aircraft
[mailto:flyrotary@lancaironline.net] On
Behalf Of Chris
Barber
Sent:
Sunday, January 26, 2014
12:52 AM
To: Rotary motors in aircraft
Subject:
[FlyRotary] Re: Velocity
tire blow out
The manual says one inch towards center.
Velocity Inc responded on the Velocity list
1.5 inches. I hope to make
out to the hangar when I get off duty at 0070 hrs in
the morning (Sunday. Still
adapting to graveyard shift I started this week).
Bought two new tires and tube
yesterday. Will be trying to figure it out.
Chris
Sent from my iPhone 5
Chris,
I'll make that 4 cents - Mark's 2 + my 2. What
does Velocity indicate for
checking toe-in/toe-out?
Terry
N51079
KSCK
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Best Regards,
Dale_R
Cozy MKIV #497
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