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JonathanMilbank
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 Posted: Sat Mar 23, 2013 3:45 pm Post subject: Tricycle W. & B. wheel distances A.O.D. |
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Because there is a short time before my inspector comes to do my weight and balance check on Tues 26th March, I'm repeating here the last request I made under a different heading:
"More help please anyone. Today I did a provisional measurement of the wheels aft of datum and tomorrow I'm going to do it again with even greater accuracy, hoping that my first effort wasn't too wildly wrong.
Please look at the measurement for your trigear aircraft and give me your figures. My nose wheel is 14.6" AOD (371mm) and the mains are 69.75" AOD (1772mm).
With any luck, your data will be close to mine. Interestingly though is that when my left door sill was level, the joggle where the engine lower cowl meets fuselage isn't perfectly vertical. It's tilted a degree or two "nose down" on both sides."
The weather in Scotland is very cold and snowy for March and I'm trying to save my inspector from suffering too long in a freezing hangar. Ideally I'd like to have all the spadework done so that he only needs to read the weights on his three scales, then go to the clubhouse for coffee while completing the paperwork. He isn't so young any more and shouldn't be asked to endure the cold any longer than really necessary.
Your help in this matter will be gratefully received. Many thanks.
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JonathanMilbank
Joined: 14 Apr 2012
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Location: Aberdeen area
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| Posted: Sat Mar 23, 2013 4:25 pm Post subject: Re: Tricycle W. & B. wheel distances A.O.D. |
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Thanks for such a quick response Bob (sorry I got your name wrong; it was late when I replied). I look forward to receiving that data from you.
If anyone else can supply with their figures by Monday evening UK time, that would also be really helpful to get an idea of the average distances.
It's interesting that my nose wheel and main wheel figures differ from yours Rick by about half and inch i.e. the approximate width of the joggle.
I'm going to check again tomorrow anyway, because today I did a somewhat "rough and ready" trial. I dangled my plumb bob from the rear corner of the joggle where the lower cowling rear edge ends.
I wonder whether anyone, like Europa in Yorkshire, has ever collated these measurements for general reference.
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