Peter,
I have been flying my tri gear for 250 hours and can assure folks that I have
not
experienced any "bouncy nose wheel" characteristics. Of course, you don't
want to land nose wheel first. You land the Europa tri gear just as you would
any other tri gear airplane.........hold it off in a slightly nose high attitude
until the main gear settles. Then slowly lower the nose until the nose gear
touches down. No problems!
Garry V. Stout
District Manager, AT&T Business Services
Phone: 813-878-3929 Fax 813-878-5651
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Subject: Tri-gear landing behaviour question
Although I'm planning on building a mono, I have a friend who is
getting ready for his tri-gear maiden flight (using an experienced
relatively local Europa flyer as the test pilot). He had heard that the
Tri-gear has a 'bouncy nose wheel' when compared to other type of
aircraft.
I was wondering if this was true, and if so, what special techniques are
used when landing (besides holding it off as one would want to do
anyway).
Cheers and thanks,
Pete
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