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 Posted: Fri Sep 28, 2007 8:41 pm Post subject: Nose Fork Break Out Force |
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I got around to checking my nose fork break out force tonight after Joe Zac informed me that the shake in my nose gear was scary when observing my landing last weekend from the ground. I had noticed the speed band where I felt the shake had increased but never got around to checking it. I measured the break out force at 2 lbs vice 24lbs per Van's instructions. It's apparent the break out force decreased substantially after 93 hours. Tightening the nut two more flats as Tim Olson calls it brought it back up to 22lbs. I wiggled the nose gear a few times and measured again. It went down to 15lbs. Tightened one more flat brought it up to 27lbs. I decided to leave it there.
Make sure you check your break out force perhaps every 20 hours or so. My cupped washers were spinning freely before I started to work on it tonight.
Anh
N591VU Flying
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jesse(at)saintaviation.co
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| Posted: Wed Oct 03, 2007 6:53 am Post subject: Nose Fork Break Out Force |
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Anh,
We have noticed the same thing and I believe we discussed it on the list a while ago. Thanks for bringing it up again. Landing with the loose nose wheel does give quite a shimmy as it wobbles back and forth. You will also probably notice that the plane is a lot easier to back up on the ground with the tight nose wheel. I think after the first tightening it shouldn’t need much more adjustment in the future from what I have seen.
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Jesse Saint
Saint Aviation, Inc.
jesse(at)saintaviation.com (jesse(at)saintaviation.com)
www.saintaviation.com
Cell: 352-427-0285
Fax: 815-377-3694
From: DejaVu [mailto:wvu(at)ameritel.net]
Sent: Saturday, September 29, 2007 12:44 AM
To: RV10
Subject: Nose Fork Break Out Force
I got around to checking my nose fork break out force tonight after Joe Zac informed me that the shake in my nose gear was scary when observing my landing last weekend from the ground. I had noticed the speed band where I felt the shake had increased but never got around to checking it. I measured the break out force at 2 lbs vice 24lbs per Van's instructions. It's apparent the break out force decreased substantially after 93 hours. Tightening the nut two more flats as Tim Olson calls it brought it back up to 22lbs. I wiggled the nose gear a few times and measured again. It went down to 15lbs. Tightened one more flat brought it up to 27lbs. I decided to leave it there.
Make sure you check your break out force perhaps every 20 hours or so. My cupped washers were spinning freely before I started to work on it tonight.
Anh
N591VU Flying
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