Did this all start with the tyre catching on someone's brake master
cylinder? I noticed this during building and simply moved the master cyl out
an inch or two with suitable repair and fortification of the 'tunnel' -
seemed the logical thing to do. What's the problem?
----- Original Message -----
From: "Graham Singleton" <grasingleton@avnet.co.uk>
Subject: Re: Monowheel landing gear upstop
> >I suppose I missed the problem with this. Are people reporting problems
with
> >the gear going up too far in flight and causing problems? My little
rubber
> >stop experiment is out at the end of the gear, which would experience the
> >minimum leverage force.
> >Dave
> >mini U2
>
> Just make sure there is no friction tending to hold the gear up. You
depend
> on gravity to get the gear started down, because there is NO leverage to
> get it moving from the retract lever when in the up position. Look at the
> geometry.
> Graham
>
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