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 Posted: Mon Apr 13, 2020 6:26 am Post subject: Wheel pants help |
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I have a couple of questions for the assembled wisdom...
I fly off a grass strip. Grass grows quickly in florida and the mowing is not as frequently as one would like with the consequence that the grass can be quite long. I have removed my wheel pants but N460HJ looks undressed without them not to mention a slight speed penalty so Id like to have them back on.
Bud mentioned that one needs to modify the wheel fairing so that dirt doesn't accumulate inside the wheel pant. Has anyone got a picture of this?
I feel that the attachment method is not robust enough when the grass has not been mowed for a while. Has anyone modified the attachment method?
thanks
Will
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budyerly@msn.com
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| Posted: Mon Apr 13, 2020 5:24 pm Post subject: Re: Wheel pants help |
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Contact me off line and I'll send you my wheel pant instructions on putting in bulkheads.
Bud Yerly
Custom Flight Creations, Inc.
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John Wighton
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| Posted: Tue Apr 14, 2020 1:09 am Post subject: Re: Wheel pants help |
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My tri-gear using the standard spats and wheels with 2 x vertical 1/8in lite-ply formers set approx 2-3in into each main spat moulding. The nosegear spat has a similar plywood former in the aft moulding. All spats have a 1/4in drain hole on the underside.
In winter the mud accumulates in the void around the wheel, I normally remove it using a [small] pressure washer. On odd occasions when it was left and has dried it shrinks and is prone to lock a wheel when man-handling the aircraft on the ground.
I once weighed the [wet] mud extracted - approx 10lbs.
If l was to redesign the spats l would add a mud-guard internally - set around 2in from the tyre outer radius. This would limit the mud but possibly also increase the risk of it getting heavily bunged up.
All of my spats have carbon tows laid around the wheel aperture - this avoids splits in the woven GF propagating. I leave around 1/2in gap around each tyre.
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wdaniell.longport(at)gmai
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| Posted: Tue Apr 14, 2020 4:39 am Post subject: Wheel pants help |
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thanks john.
Did you make any mods to the mounting system. The bendy steel bracket things seem well ...bendy. That said I had mine mounted for the first 150 hours and they worked fine....it's the grass that Im worried about.
Now that you mention it I do have a split on the bottom seam which I have to reinforce...
Will
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On Tue, Apr 14, 2020 at 5:11 AM John Wighton <john(at)wighton.net (john(at)wighton.net)> wrote:
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My tri-gear using the standard spats and wheels with 2 x vertical 1/8in lite-ply formers set approx 2-3in into each main spat moulding. The nosegear spat has a similar plywood former in the aft moulding. All spats have a 1/4in drain hole on the underside.
In winter the mud accumulates in the void around the wheel, I normally remove it using a [small] pressure washer. On odd occasions when it was left and has dried it shrinks and is prone to lock a wheel when man-handling the aircraft on the ground.
I once weighed the [wet] mud extracted - approx 10lbs.
If l was to redesign the spats l would add a mud-guard internally - set around 2in from the tyre outer radius. This would limit the mud but possibly also increase the risk of it getting heavily bunged up.
All of my spats have carbon tows laid around the wheel aperture - this avoids splits in the woven GF propagating. I leave around 1/2in gap around each tyre.
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