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John Bolding
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 Posted: Sat Oct 30, 2010 4:41 pm Post subject: Bent tailwheel, |
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Got a buddy with a II TD and 40 hrs total time, tailwheel assy bent to one
side, easy enough to fix and strengthen but is this a common problem? He
operates off grass but smooth.
John
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| Posted: Sun Oct 31, 2010 7:18 am Post subject: Bent tailwheel, |
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Yes.
Bruce
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robin02(at)mindspring.com
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| Posted: Sun Oct 31, 2010 11:16 am Post subject: Bent tailwheel, |
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John, I built a Glasair 1 TD in 1984 and still fly it. The problem you described happened to me early on. I reinstalled the strut with the mill fiber as the manual indicated and added bi=directional cloth around the outside and onto the fuselage. It was probably 4-6 layers. No problems since. Robin Young 286YM.
----->Got a buddy with a II TD and 40 hrs total time, tailwheel assy bent to one
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John
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John Bolding
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| Posted: Sun Oct 31, 2010 12:06 pm Post subject: Bent tailwheel, |
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Thanks for the reply Robin but the part that bent is the steel piece that
the wheel mounts in, any problems there?
Thanks John
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robin02(at)mindspring.com
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| Posted: Mon Nov 01, 2010 9:14 am Post subject: Bent tailwheel, |
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John, the fork is not where the streeses showed on mine. I have gone to the Grove gear and increased my gross to 1900lbs from the original 1500lb. landing weight. Still there has been no problem. RObin
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bgray(at)glasair.org
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| Posted: Mon Nov 01, 2010 9:23 am Post subject: Bent tailwheel, |
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And I'll bet you make wheel landings rather than full stall.
Bruce
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| Posted: Mon Nov 01, 2010 9:55 am Post subject: Bent tailwheel, |
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Yep...all wheel landings. RObin
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