Tail Wheel Shimy
Posted: Fri Feb 17, 2012 10:49 pm
Hi Rick
FWIW MAM told me to keep the pivot vertical on their tailwheel and that
close was good enough. I think it is better to have it trailing with the
bottom of the pivot farther aft than the top than vica versa.
Ken
Rick Harper wrote:
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FWIW MAM told me to keep the pivot vertical on their tailwheel and that
close was good enough. I think it is better to have it trailing with the
bottom of the pivot farther aft than the top than vica versa.
Ken
Rick Harper wrote:
G'day Guys ....
I lost (read ...dumb ass me deleted 'em somehow) ... all the great
advice I got re stopping my SCOTT 3400 tailwheel from shimmying after
landing !
Our Tailwheel is "leaning forwards" quite a bit ...
... (viewing the plane from the left hand side , the top of the pivot
is closer to the plane than the bottom of the pivot ).... so I guess
this gives it a huge trailing angle .. especially when you add the flex
in the tailwheel springs (I have 3 leaf steel ones) into the mix as well
!
of the pivot further away than the bottom ... yes ?From memory, I was told to make it the other way around ... have the top
I was also told a while back to have two different strength springs on
each side ... but this did nothing to fix the problem.... so I took 'em
off again.
Any help GRATEFULLY received !
Thanks
Rick & Wendy Harper
541R
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