madriver42(at)gmail.com
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 Posted: Tue Jun 07, 2011 5:11 pm Post subject: Gear Pads Update |
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As I mentioned in a previous post I changed out my gear pads to ones in a new material supplied by Zenith . The pads are brown / carmel in color and I understand are made from a polyurethane compound rather that the original black rubber material. The new material seems to be from an extruded stock which would give a more homogeneous material.
Don't know what the original pads were made from or how they were manufactured but during the laying up of the parts and or the curing the rubber the material didn't get a good bond and seemed to separate in layers in short order during use (thirteen hours).
After I changed out the pads I flew the bird a couple of days ago for 1.1 hours and logged two takeoffs and landings. I didn't sense any real difference in the two pad materials but felt that the new material seemed softer during taxi if that makes any sense. Also it didn't seem to take as much "clamping force" to firm up the gear.
As I said in a previous post: if you have the original material - the "black rubber pads" were supplied in a kit in February 2007 - you really need to take a close look at the pads installed on your bird. Take a look at the pictures I sent on a previous post and realize the majority of the separation and cracking can not be seen until disassembly. Honest, it was a really simple swap-out of the parts and well worth the effort.
All seems well now and I'll post more info as I go along.
Still grinnin!!
Phil
CH 701
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