are back in the air. And thanks for the tip on the MAM tailwheel.
That's what I was using, and didn't seem to have a problem with
it, but then I only put 50 hours on it before going to floats.
How much higher does the Scott 3200 tailwheel raise the tail over
the standard MAM one? I can see this helping landings, too, as I
still remember having trouble getting mine down for 3 pointers
with my forward c of g.
Assume you are back on the list now that Mike has whitelisted us.
Walter
-----Original Message-----
From: mike.davis@dcsol.com
[mailto:mike.davis@dcsol.com]On Behalf Of
Wayne G. O'Shea
Sent: Sunday, September 19, 2004 7:51 PM
To: rebel-builders@dcsol.com
Subject: UP Elevator rigging and Murray's (unfortunate) offroad
adventure!
Forwarding for Murray ......as he has a Shaw bounce
problem as well !! Wayne
Hello:
During rebuild after my accident I adjusted the
elevator to give about 28*
up elevator which when the slack is taken out in
flight is probably closer
to 25*. This makes a real difference when in the flair
to land. My landings
so far have been not bad but it is nice to have this
extra up elevator.
Never knew what I didn't have until I re-rigged.BOB
said he likes at least
26* up if I remember correctly. Just FWIW. And yes I
am back in the air as
of today.
THE ACCIDENT
Landed at Int. peace Gardens border crossing to pass
customs on the way home
from OSH.(what a great place)My tail wheel stuck
turning left. No amount of
right rudder and brake would convince it to turn
right. Left the runway and
stopped after turning 190* and buckling the fus in
front of the tail. All
the damage was contained to between the solid bulkhead
and bulkhead "E". The
release pin which allows the tail to free wheel had
become burred as well as
the round piece which it comes out of was also burred
on the sides.This
jammed the wheel in a left turn position. I believe
I"m not the first one
that this has happened too. Before you go flying again
you might want to
take the tail wheel apart and have a good look. I
filed my wheel into "G"
and have installed a Scott 3200.This is like day and
night with an 8" wheel
back there. It really feels good. I also added a
dorsal fin which will
strengthen the tail section up a little also.
Good luck to all
Murray
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