Frans=2C
Sorry to butt in again=2C but you say that ACS don't have a matching wall t
hickness spindle.
They have exactly the same=2C I gave you the part number.
Cheers=2C
Karl
> Date: Fri=2C 17 Apr 2009 17:38:36 +0200
> From: frans@paardnatuurlijk.nl
> To: europa-list@matronics.com
> Subject: Re: Europa-List: Trike nose wheel castor spindle and yoke failur
e. Europa Flyer Mag.
>
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> G-IANI wrote:
>
> > 2) If there a better man/woman out there=2C who can come up with an imp
roved
> > design for the nose wheel=2C I am sure we will be pleased to hear from
them.
> > What we want is proper trailing link springing=2C controllable anti shi
mmy
> > damping=2C no weight increase etc.
>
> If we are referring to the bending spindle problem only=2C I believe this
> is easy to solve.
>
> Aircraft Spruce offers a few tubes with the same diameter and material
> as the original spindle=2C with various wall thicknesses.
>
> Have a look at:
> http://www.aircraftspruce.com/catalog/mepages/4130tubing_un1.php
>
> Most likely you can insert a matching tube inside the original spindle
> to make it stronger.
>
> The inner tube can be fixed inside the original spindle by the roll pin
=2C
> but of course some redux between the two tubes would make it even stronge
r.
>
> You can go further than that: As I was looking for a way to increase the
> length of the nose wheel assembly=2C to accomodate for a larger prop=2C I
> got the idea from Karl Heindle to increase the length of the spindle and
> to insert a nylon block between the friction disk and wheel fork. Alas=2C
> ACS has no tubes with a wall thickness similar to the original spindle=2C
> but there are tubes with sizes that allow them to fit into each other=2C
> and by doing so=2C you can create any wall thickness you want. It is easy
> to make a spindle that is stronger than the original spindle=2C and also
> larger if that is what you want.
>
> Karl is flying from his rough gras strip for years now with a 2" larger
> nose wheel spindle. I'm working on the same modification. If anyone is
> interested=2C I have quite some left of the nylon rod that fills up the
> gap between the wheel fork and friction disk.
>
> --
> Frans Veldman
>
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