Jeff,
If you look under the technical section of the Europa company website
you will find the mod for the landing gear shocks. It has drawings,
etc.
If you don't have the URL, here it is:
http://www.europa-aircraft.co.uk/
It would also be a good to look over all of the mods to see which ones
you need to include in your build.
Happy building!!!!
Bill
A010 Monowheel Classic, Rotax 912S
90% complete 90% to go.....
Loganville, GA
----- Original Message -----
From: Jeffrey J Paris
To: europa-list@matronics.com
Sent: Monday, October 20, 2008 8:20 AM
Subject: Europa-List: Monowheel Landing Gear Question?
Dear Listers,
I have a question about the monowheel landing gear. I am getting
ready to mount the landing gear and my kit #A012 came with the bungee
cord set-up. I also read in my directions that in later kits past 1996
are using some sort of dampener, which I would assume to be a shock
absorber of some sort.
Which is the best way to go in terms of handling and secondly
maintenance? I have one simple bungee in my Zenith CH601XL, however, I
have already had to replace it in 230 hours and 3 years of flying my
plane. It basically was a pain in the rear to replace due to the fact
that you have to completely drop the nose wheel to get at replacing the
bungee. I guess what I'm getting at is that all that looping of the
bungee cord gives me the willies in terms of future replacement and wear
issues.
Is there some off the shelf MOD that would be better? I wait with
great interest for your expertise.
Cheers,
Jeff and Peter Paris
Rochester, NY
Kit #A012 "Gladie"
Monowheel Classic
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