X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com Return-Path: Sender: To: lml Date: Mon, 13 Nov 2006 16:14:49 -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 1561409 for lml@lancaironline.net; Mon, 13 Nov 2006 12:26:23 -0500 Received-SPF: none receiver=logan.com; client-ip=70.62.14.124; envelope-from=rsimon@ustek.com MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----_=_NextPart_001_01C70749.0154C24C" Subject: RE: [LML] Re: ES-Legacy-IV Front Strut Content-class: urn:content-classes:message X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft Exchange V6.5 X-Original-Date: Mon, 13 Nov 2006 12:27:30 -0500 X-Original-Message-ID: X-MS-Has-Attach: X-MS-TNEF-Correlator: Thread-Topic: [LML] Re: ES-Legacy-IV Front Strut Thread-Index: AccG1bzcdwsU2q2hQMyOXixFwmTfewAcfAXQ From: "Lancair" X-Original-Sender: "Robert Simon" X-Original-To: "Lancair Mailing List" This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------_=_NextPart_001_01C70749.0154C24C Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable A note on the general topic of the ES/ES-P nose gear. =20 =20 After reading a number of horror stories about nose gear shimmy and experiencing it myself on a training flight in N407L, I took some premtive corrective actions. First - I installed the new Lancair nose gear. After all the time and money that Tim et al put into its design I figured that to be a wise start. I then stiffened the nose wheel pant with lots of graphite: 3" wide strips running fore-to-aft inside the top and along both sides, and graphite bulkheads forward and aft that tie those strips together. End result - no vibration at all regardless of weight or touchdown speed. =20 Robert M. Simon ES-P N301ES =20 ________________________________ From: Lancair Mailing List [mailto:lml@lancaironline.net] On Behalf Of rtitsworth Sent: Sunday, November 12, 2006 10:41 PM To: Lancair Mailing List Subject: [LML] Re: ES-Legacy-IV Front Strut =20 ------_=_NextPart_001_01C70749.0154C24C Content-Type: text/html; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

A note on the general topic of the ES/ES-P = nose=20 gear.

After reading a number of horror stories = about nose=20 gear shimmy and experiencing it myself on a training flight in N407L, I = took=20 some premtive corrective actions. First - I installed the new = Lancair nose=20 gear. After all the time and money that Tim et al put into its = design I=20 figured that to be a wise start. I then stiffened the nose wheel = pant with=20 lots of graphite: 3" wide strips running fore-to-aft inside the = top and=20 along both sides, and graphite bulkheads forward and aft that tie = those=20 strips together. End result - no vibration at all regardless of = weight or=20 touchdown speed.

Robert M. Simon

ES-P N301ES

From: Lancair Mailing List=20 [mailto:lml@lancaironline.net] On Behalf Of = rtitsworth
Sent:=20 Sunday, November 12, 2006 10:41 PM
To: Lancair Mailing=20 List
Subject: [LML] Re: ES-Legacy-IV Front = Strut

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