Hi Guys
Don't forget the pre looped single bungees made up from the original bungee
cord! You put on as many as you like depending on the tension you require.
If it's too loose put another on. Easy peasy.
My system has been on for 200 hours or so with absolutely no problems at the
bumpiest, short (300m) strip in the universe.
Rick Morris
Tri G-RIKS
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[mailto:owner-europa-list-server@matronics.com] On Behalf Of David Buckley
Sent: 25 August 2008 20:35
Subject: Re: Europa-List: Mono or Tri-Gear, what to choose?Mono or Tri-Gear,
what to choose...further question..
The combination spring / bungee approach sounds like a great solution.
Can't agree about the weight though. Our group converted out mono to a
trike, adding 23 pounds / 10kg. A Hoffmann C/S prop added another 5 kg (
over a warp drive).
Dave
On 25/08/2008, Karl Heindl <HYPERLINK
"mailto:kheindl@msn.com"kheindl@msn.com> wrote:
Kevin,
The springs didn't work for me. My bungee had been mounted for about 7 years
(never gave any trouble) it seemed an excellent idea to switch to the
springs.
It really dpends which fields you are operating from. I am based at a fairly
bumpy grass field, and the springs turn the aircraft into a bucking bronco.
Especially on landing, unless you push the stick forward,
the nose can oscillate to the point where control could be lost by an
inexperienced pilot.
A bungee is far better for absorbing shock and much more forgiving.
So I recently changed back, but had a problem with getting the bungee as
tight as I had before, and I now have what to me is the ideal solution: a
spring on one side and a bungee on the other side, plus the safety cable. I
should mention one incident with the new bungee, where the safety cable cut
through two strands of the bungee, with the safety cable sving me from a
prop strike. So now I have all the safety plus the comfort.
If you are not operating on rough terrain, then you shouldn't have to worry
with the springs.
Regarding mono versus trigear, someone mentioned the better cruise
performance of the mono. Perhaps there is a small advantage but note that it
was a trigear that has flown around the world a couple of times, with very
economical fuel consumption and a basic 912. It also made more 'local'
flights from CA to Alaska and the Bahamas.
The weight advantage is also theoretical. I noticed that some of the more
recent monos came in with a higher weight than my tri.
Karl
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> Subject: Re: Europa-List: Mono or Tri-Gear, what to choose?Mono or
Tri-Gear, what to choose...further question..
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> kind of a corollary to the question; assuming you then have a tri-gear
> (as we do; G-ROOV) what is the opinion of people when considering the
> bungee nosewheel system compared to the spring system? (we have a
> bungee but are thinking of changing).
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