Greetings, Having suffered an undercarriage collapse during the takeoff roll on my monowheel, I am now pondering what corrective actions to take to prevent a re-ocurrence. As far as I can figure out,
Paul, Sorry to hear that. I considered the same solution, but have the impression that nose gear collapses are almost as common as mono collapses?? Graeme _____ For what it's worth, I had the same ex
Answer.... That all depends on what you mean by "when the gear collapsed..." it was a process that occupied a period of time, albeit a short one. Up until the point that the aircraft came back down t
Fergus, I've tried to think of all kinds of safety mechanisms, I've come to the conclusion that the only hope is to increase the degree of overcentre locking and to ensure that when the LG12 is in th
Glenn, My little finger latch works great as well, but don't misunderstand its purpose. It is there to stop you accidentally retracting the gear, it is not able to take the full landing loads of the
Ron, Thanks very much for the info and your experience with the over centre locking -- very valuable! When I say I measured the overcentre, I really meant that I eyeballed it by sighting along the ce
Hi Graham, I'm just getting around to fitting the new fuel system and have a few questions: 1. I had understood that rigid tubing could only be used in the tunnel and that flexible tubing (i.e. hose)
Paul, Having suffered an overcentre locking failure, I can agree with your sentiments. I agree that a taildragger configuration would be a great improvement, do you have a suitable design/approved mo