X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com Return-Path: Sender: To: lml@lancaironline.net Date: Fri, 09 Mar 2012 11:43:51 -0500 Message-ID: X-Original-Return-Path: Received: from [69.84.129.240] (HELO asp.reflexion.net) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.4.4) with ESMTPS id 5435235 for lml@lancaironline.net; Fri, 09 Mar 2012 11:29:54 -0500 Received-SPF: none receiver=logan.com; client-ip=69.84.129.240; envelope-from=cberland@systems3.net Received: (qmail 10849 invoked from network); 9 Mar 2012 16:29:17 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO mail-cs-04.app.dca.reflexion.local) (10.81.19.4) by 0 (rfx-qmail) with SMTP; 9 Mar 2012 16:29:17 -0000 Received: by mail-cs-04.app.dca.reflexion.local (Reflexion email security v6.60.3) with SMTP; Fri, 09 Mar 2012 11:29:17 -0500 (EST) Received: (qmail 6461 invoked from network); 9 Mar 2012 16:29:17 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO remote.systems3.net) (98.172.79.178) by 0 (rfx-qmail) with (AES128-SHA encrypted) SMTP; 9 Mar 2012 16:29:17 -0000 Received: from S3SBS08SERVER.Systems3.local ([fe80::6077:364b:fa39:c71b]) by S3SBS08SERVER.Systems3.local ([fe80::6077:364b:fa39:c71b%10]) with mapi; Fri, 9 Mar 2012 09:29:15 -0700 From: Craig Berland. X-Original-To: Lancair Mailing List X-Original-Date: Fri, 9 Mar 2012 09:29:13 -0700 Subject: [LML] Have Lancair rebuild IV Nose Gear strut, or buy the New style? Thread-Topic: [LML] Have Lancair rebuild IV Nose Gear strut, or buy the New style? Thread-Index: Acz+Dq6kn6oRqGkfStOHwg/f34iKjgAAc95A X-Original-Message-ID: References: In-Reply-To: Accept-Language: en-US Content-Language: en-US X-MS-Has-Attach: X-MS-TNEF-Correlator: acceptlanguage: en-US Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="_000_D7A6B5700A0803448C27264F1F5387364EB67A68F5S3SBS08SERVER_" MIME-Version: 1.0 --_000_D7A6B5700A0803448C27264F1F5387364EB67A68F5S3SBS08SERVER_ Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable My ESCO strut started leaking at 50-60 hr TT. I decided to replace the str= ut primarily to have something that was currently in production. The only = negative was the strut was about 3/8 inch longer in the fully extended cond= ition and I had to relieve the nose gear door rear closeout. Fortunately t= his was done before paint. The very big positive was the new strut taxies = much straighter and requires very little right brake to taxi straight and t= urns are much smother. Craig Berland N7VG I need my nose gear strut rebuilt on my IV. Should I have lancair rebuild w= ith there upgraded parts, or buy the new nose gear that costs $4300.00. I w= as wondering if there were still problems out there on the IV/IVP with the = older rebuilt ESCO struts. Thanks, Guy Foreman --_000_D7A6B5700A0803448C27264F1F5387364EB67A68F5S3SBS08SERVER_ Content-Type: text/html; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

My ESCO s= trut started leaking at 50-60 hr TT. I decided to replace the strut p= rimarily to have something that was currently in production. The only= negative was the strut was about 3/8 inch longer in the fully extended con= dition and I had to relieve the nose gear door rear closeout. Fortuna= tely this was done before paint. The very big positive was the new st= rut taxies much straighter and requires very little right brake to taxi str= aight and turns are much smother.

Craig Berland

N7VG

I need my nose gear strut rebuilt on my IV. Should I have= lancair rebuild with there upgraded parts, or buy the new nose gear that c= osts $4300.00. I was wondering if there were still problems out there on th= e IV/IVP with the older rebuilt ESCO struts.

Thanks,
Guy Fo= reman

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