If you are unluckily enough to ground loop in a strong cross wind, it is
very likely you will grind away the forward face of the fairing. I have
repaired my port fairing twice now!
I think you should be able to achieve both wheels touching with the standard
legs and as mentioned previously, it is not necessary to have full
penetration (if you will pardon the expression!) of the nylon rod into the
sockets.
My first pair of standard legs lasted for 1100 hours, but eventually took up
a permanent set into a curve, that reduced their effective length, so I have
just replaced them and it has made handling on take-off and landing more
positive.
Regards,
William
----- Original Message -----
From: "Fred Klein" <fklein@orcasonline.com>
Sent: Thursday, May 17, 2007 9:25 PM
Subject: Re: Europa-List: Outrigger legs
>
> Andrew,
>
> I too was surprised at what you've determined...particularly if the rod is
> subject to the 90 degree bending which Graham describes.
>
> If (presumably momentary) bending is to the 90 degree extreme, I can't
> help but wonder if the forward portion of the speed kit fairing doesn't
> get ground away...(?...Does this in fact occur?)
>
> Since mono-flyers have advised to NOT make the final drilling of the rods
> until the plane is sitting on the gear w/ full weight in order to assure
> that the outrigger wheels can both touch the pavement at the same time for
> optimal ground handling, I will probably be ordering longer lengths of rod
> in order to effect full bearing within the wheel fork...although I have no
> idea whether mono-flyers routinely have done so.
>
> Any comments from currently flying mono-guys?
>
> Fred
>
> On Thursday, May 17, 2007, at 10:49 AM, Andrew Sarangan wrote:
>
>>
>> Just curious why the full depth available in OR1 and the wheel fork are
>> not utilized by the nylon legs.
>
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