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erichdtrombley(at)juno.co
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 Posted: Thu Mar 20, 2025 7:36 am Post subject: Mono |
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Pete, I disassemble the unit and attached the spacer to the lower plate with a couple of screws. Even though the spacer is constrained by the dampers I wanted to ensure the spacer wouldn’t shifting laterally over time. If I remember correctly there isn’t much clearance between the lower LG07 plate and the sides of the swing arm. Having added a total of three spaces, they are now split between the upper LG05 and lower LG07 plates. Also, I did make the two new plates slightly wider (fore and aft) to keep the rubber block from creeping over the edge of the spacer.
Ron, I got as close to a 3.1” gap. I wanted to minimize the amount of preload on the rubber block required to achieve the specified dimension of 3.1”. I have the black block.
Erich Trombley
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Classic Mono 914
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peterz(at)zutrasoft.com
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| Posted: Thu Mar 20, 2025 9:06 am Post subject: Mono |
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Thx for the clarification!
One more question…. The 3.1” static loaded (I would assume), Or unweighted?
| Quote: | On Mar 20, 2025, at 11:44 AM, Erich Trombley <erichdtrombley(at)juno.com> wrote:
Pete, I disassemble the unit and attached the spacer to the lower plate with a couple of screws. Even though the spacer is constrained by the dampers I wanted to ensure the spacer wouldn’t shifting laterally over time. If I remember correctly there isn’t much clearance between the lower LG07 plate and the sides of the swing arm. Having added a total of three spaces, they are now split between the upper LG05 and lower LG07 plates. Also, I did make the two new plates slightly wider (fore and aft) to keep the rubber block from creeping over the edge of the spacer.
Ron, I got as close to a 3.1” gap. I wanted to minimize the amount of preload on the rubber block required to achieve the specified dimension of 3.1”. I have the black block.
Erich Trombley
N28ET
Classic Mono 914
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peterz(at)zutrasoft.com
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| Posted: Thu Mar 20, 2025 3:42 pm Post subject: Mono |
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Mine is sagging (with 1/2 tank) down from about 3.0” (based on the retaining bolt ~gaps: I need to measure next time I hang the plane) to its current ~2.65” which is giving me about 12” prop clearance with the xs tail wheel and classic FWF.
I assume Erich has much more prop clearance.
I was also going to screw the spacer to the bottom plate…..and looking it over I guess all that is needed wrt disassembly is to only remove the swing arm pivot bolt (?) to install, so I will also likely go with a single plate with shock holes as per Erich.
My goal is to eliminate the retaining bolt gaps when the plane is static with a full tank. I think I can get away with a single plate on the bottom.
Cheers and thx!
PeteZ
| Quote: | On Mar 20, 2025, at 1:06 PM, Peter Z <peterz(at)zutrasoft.com> wrote:
Thx for the clarification!
One more question…. The 3.1” static loaded (I would assume), Or unweighted?
> On Mar 20, 2025, at 11:44 AM, Erich Trombley <erichdtrombley(at)juno.com> wrote:
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> Pete, I disassemble the unit and attached the spacer to the lower plate with a couple of screws. Even though the spacer is constrained by the dampers I wanted to ensure the spacer wouldn’t shifting laterally over time. If I remember correctly there isn’t much clearance between the lower LG07 plate and the sides of the swing arm. Having added a total of three spaces, they are now split between the upper LG05 and lower LG07 plates. Also, I did make the two new plates slightly wider (fore and aft) to keep the rubber block from creeping over the edge of the spacer.
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> Ron, I got as close to a 3.1” gap. I wanted to minimize the amount of preload on the rubber block required to achieve the specified dimension of 3.1”. I have the black block.
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> Erich Trombley
> N28ET
> Classic Mono 914
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dmac7
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| Posted: Thu Mar 20, 2025 5:27 pm Post subject: Re: Mono |
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Pete see the July 1996 Factory Flyer newsletter Ivan says when shimming the suspension block a max of 1 inch between the top of tire and bottom of fuselage, this with plane rigged but empty. Not sure if this applies to the XS also.
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