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jacques.voynaud(at)cegepa
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Posted: Wed Mar 12, 2008 12:32 pm Post subject: RE : Sprung tail wheel

Hi guys, I realize I too have the aluminium grove tail spring Ei'm surprise to hear there has been breaking problems with them E Skystar did recommend it to me after I had broke my original leaf spring with significant dammages to the rudder EI just want to make sure it does not happen again E Is there any signs of fatigue to see it coming or should just go ahead and replace it anyway? I had a few rough landins with it, no problems so far 

 thanks

 Jacques Voynaud

 Conseiller en formation

 Cegep de l'Abitibi-Témiscamingue

 Centre de Ville-Marie (819)629-3211

  

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patreilly43(at)hotmail.co
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Posted: Wed Mar 12, 2008 1:24 pm Post subject: RE : Sprung tail wheel

Jacque, I started the tailwheel spring posts. I have the solid Grove "spring". It doesn't appear to have any, and I mean any spring properties to cushion the tail in a landing. I am rebuilding a mod 3. I have no flights yet, but know what a "spring" is suposed to do, and I thought now is the time to make that modification. One post reported a solid Grove spring broke. I Can't see how that would happen unless you dropped the plane wingless tail first off a 50 story building. But, I do see how the lack of a real "spring" on the tail could transmit the shock to the fusalage frame causing frame damage.

  

 Pat Reilly 

 Mod 3 rebuild

 Rockford, IL 

 [quote]  From: jacques.voynaud(at)cegepat.qc.ca

To: kitfox-list(at)matronics.com

Subject: RE : Sprung tail wheel

Date: Wed, 12 Mar 2008 15:26:38 -0500



   .ExternalClass P {margin-bottom:0pt;} .ExternalClass LI {margin-bottom:0pt;}   Hi guys, I realize I too have the aluminium grove tail spring.i'm surprise to hear there has been breaking problems with them. Skystar did recommend it to me after I had broke my original leaf spring with significant dammages to the rudder.I just want to make sure it does not happen again. Is there any signs of fatigue to see it coming or should just go ahead and replace it anyway? I had a few rough landins with it, no problems so far 

 thanks

 Jacques Voynaud

 Conseiller en formation

 Cegep de l'Abitibi-Témiscamingue

 Centre de Ville-Marie (819)629-3211

  

 jacques.voynaud(at)cegepat.qc.ca (jacques.voynaud(at)cegepat.qc.ca)

 

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Posted: Wed Mar 12, 2008 1:46 pm Post subject: RE : Sprung tail wheel

As I said in my previous email.  There has  been only one Grove spring failure report here on this list that I'm aware of,  and that was several years ago.

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