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 Posted: Fri Oct 09, 2009 6:53 pm Post subject: tire wear out side |
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i cant seem to figure why my tires wear on the out side how do i measure them to determine if the tow in or out and why they seem to wear evenly so I do not suspect hard landings malcolm mod 2
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From: WurlyBird <james.t.trizzino(at)us.army.mil>
Subject: Larger Elevator
To: kitfox-list(at)matronics.com
Date: Saturday, October 10, 2009, 1:50 AM
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I have a laundry list of projects that involve my KF3 but aside from the new fuel lines (that will be another post all together) I am planning on starting with the larger elevator that McB offers. Does anyone have this elevator on a Mod 4 or earlier? I am looking for a little input on whether it makes a vast improvement or not. Thanks guys.
James
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| Posted: Fri Oct 09, 2009 7:25 pm Post subject: tire wear out side |
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It seems to me to be very simple. There is no load on landing gear until you touch down. The outside of the tires will hit the ground first. Ok
Clint reverse the tires when you start seeing wear.
Date: Fri C 9 Oct 2009 19:46:48 -0700
From: brubakermal(at)yahoo.com
Subject: tire wear out side
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i cant seem to figure why my tires wear on the out side how do i measure them to determine if the tow in or out and why they seem to wear evenly so I do not suspect hard landings malcolm mod 2
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Subject: Larger Elevator
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Date: Saturday C October 10 C 2009 C 1:50 AM
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I have a laundry list of projects that involve my KF3 but aside from the new fuel lines (that will be another post all together) I am planning on starting with the larger elevator that McB offers. Does anyone have this elevator on a Mod 4 or earlier? I am looking for a little input on whether it makes a vast improvement or not. Thanks guys.
James
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Guy Buchanan
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| Posted: Fri Oct 09, 2009 8:36 pm Post subject: tire wear out side |
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At 07:46 PM 10/9/2009, you wrote:
| Quote: | i cant seem to figure why my tires wear on the out side how do i
measure them to determine if the tow in or out and why they seem to
wear evenly so I do not suspect hard landings malcolm mod 2
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Malcolm,
Probably either toe-in or camber or both. (Camber is when
the tops of the tires are farther apart than the bottoms.) Any camber
will make your tires appear toed in when you're sitting on the tail
wheel. I measured my toe-in by clamping a level 8' aluminum angle to
the brake disk and dropping a plumb bob mark to the ground at two
distances forward. (Say, 1' and 7'.) I did this for both sides and
then measured the athwartships distances between the marks. Do the
math and you get the toe-in. Do this with your plane level and on the
tailwheel.
Guy Buchanan
San Diego, CA
K-IV 1200 / 582-C / Warp / 400 hrs. and counting
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Lynn Matteson
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| Posted: Sat Oct 10, 2009 10:55 am Post subject: tire wear out side |
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It's probably because the "Capitalization and Punctuation police" are
out to get you, Malcolm....sorry, just couldn't resist. : )
Due to the punctuation problem, I don't know whether you are saying
that they *do* or *don't* wear evenly. Do they wear evenly, or don't
they? At first it seems like you're saying that they wear on the
outside....that's uneven wear. And then you say that "they seem to
wear evenly"...I'm confused.
Do you have the Grove gear, or the tube and bungee (sp?) gear? Do you
do most of your landings on pavement or grass?
Lynn Matteson
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Jabiru 2200, #2062, 790.2 hrs
Countdown to 1000 hrs~211 to go
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On Oct 9, 2009, at 10:46 PM, Malcolm Brubaker wrote:
| Quote: | i cant seem to figure why my tires wear on the out side how do i
measure them to determine if the tow in or out and why they seem to
wear evenly so I do not suspect hard landings malcolm mod 2
--- On Sat, 10/10/09, WurlyBird <james.t.trizzino(at)us.army.mil> wrote:
From: WurlyBird <james.t.trizzino(at)us.army.mil>
Subject: Larger Elevator
To: kitfox-list(at)matronics.com
Date: Saturday, October 10, 2009, 1:50 AM
<james.t.trizzino(at)us.army.mil>
I have a laundry list of projects that involve my KF3 but aside
from the new fuel lines (that will be another post all together) I
am planning on starting with the larger elevator that McB offers.
Does anyone have this elevator on a Mod 4 or earlier? I am looking
for a little input on whether it makes a vast improvement or not.
Thanks guys.
James
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Roger Lee
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| Posted: Sun Oct 11, 2009 3:22 pm Post subject: Re: tire wear out side |
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I'm with Guy. Check the tires toe-in, out and camber.
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