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 Posted: Tue Jan 12, 2010 10:32 am Post subject: Fork tube analysis and prospective stainless steel substit |
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Nothing can replace learning and practice...
What you need to do is to spend a some time (depends on each one) knowing your airplane (and learning to fly a STOL airplane)...
When landing hold the nosewheel up and balance on the main wheel until you cant hold it anymore, then gently with a little elevator and a little power, slowly put the Nose Wheel on the floor... With a few minutes and using a little of power you can hold the NWl up and travel a lot only on the mains and (with practice) let the NW down gently...
Easyer to do than in a Motorcycle 
Sometime ago (I think when we had about 100 hrs on the 701) we temporary installed a little wheel where the rear tie down and practice to hold the plane in 3 point (like a tail wheel) then very gently, put the main on the floor, even we were able to start rollling and take off from that position (3 point:-)... Was real fun and we really came up to know or airplane a lot... As everything, a little at a time, to not harm the plane or yourself, practice is the secret.
Fun flying... with care is... FUN!
This practice will help a lot when landing in rough strips, this prevents the nose gear from bouncing up and down (been there, done that), since this type of landing the first time, we decided to learn to balance in the main...
Saludos
Gary Gower
701 912S 285 hrs and counting.
"Sport flying is not just going from point "A" to point "B", is getting to know and enjoy your airplane"
--- On Mon, 1/11/10, JG <vgstol(at)bigpond.net.au> wrote:
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From: JG <vgstol(at)bigpond.net.au>
Subject: Re: Fork tube analysis and prospective stainless steel substitute
To: zenith701801-list(at)matronics.com
Date: Monday, January 11, 2010, 6:52 PM
I once helped re-build a 701 that had hit a fence on take-off. A heavier nose leg had been fitted, causing the firewall to be damaged as well. Replacing the firewall is a MAJOR job....... A new nose leg and prop are much easier and less costly......
Don't know how you can bend a nose leg on a 701, even in a heavy landing scenario. The nose wheel should be way high off the ground at landing AofA, and the weight distribution should be such that you can hold the nose up after the mains take the weight. The vertical CofG of the aircraft is quite high, such that at the AofA at touchdown it effectively moves back and the aircraft nearly balances on the mains at that attitude. If you can't hold the nose up and it comes down hard, then either the horizontal CofG is way forward, or the main gear is canted back somewhat. The 'angle of dangle' of the main gear is often not noticed, but can vary due to wear or improper fitting of those rubber blocks. If the gear is angled back just a bit it puts much more load on the nose wheel. For real STOL use, especially on rough strips, it's best to try to have the weight on the nose wheel to be minimum. Fully loaded to aft CofG, if someone pulls the tail down to the ground, it should just about stay there. The angle of the main gear can be adjusted, often by just reversing those rubber blocks, or if necessary by grinding a slight taper on them with a course sanding disc in an angle grinder. But of course, first must get the CofG of the aircraft correct, by weight and balance measurements.
JG
www.stolspeed.com
On Tue, Jan 12, 2010 at 7:18 AM, Curt Thompson <Curt.Thompson(at)verizon.net (Curt.Thompson(at)verizon.net)> wrote:
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