Van's aircraft would not sell me a nose gear assembly. I was advised to find a sympathetic RV builder & have them order it for me. What I did was to order...
After working at Oshkosh on the "old style" RV nose gear, I would NOT install it on another plane. Just asking for trouble. Cy Galley - Chair, AirVenture...
Again. :-) Just reminds me how much I love my TW's. Scott or Maule, etc, I LOVE them all..... Jack ... From: cgalley To: TailwindForum@yahoogroups.com Sent:...
In a message dated 12/1/2007 8:16:35 AM Eastern Standard Time, cgalley@... writes: After working at Oshkosh on the "old style" RV nose gear, I would NOT...
We straightened the nose gear leg that was bent by soft sod off the side of the main runway during a high speed turn off. After straightening they took it out...
In a message dated 12/1/2007 10:08:49 AM Eastern Standard Time, cgalley@... writes: We straightened the nose gear leg that was bent by soft sod off the...
Group, I am sure this has been discussed ad nauseum, but other than the wing tips, are there real differences between the W-8 and W-10 wings? And I see a...
I remember seeing parts of the wheel fairing. It was destroyed. Didn't stop the strut from bending. The straightening was attempted so they could return safely...
Well..... I suppose an upside down $10K airplane is only 1/2 as bad as an upside down $20K airplane...? But the pilot can still be just as DEAD. Jack ... From:...
This is just general question. What kind of hoses do you use for the fuel line, the oil and the brake lines , what size , what brand and what fittings do you...
In a message dated 12/1/2007 11:45:13 A.M. Eastern Standard Time, cgalley@... writes: I remember seeing parts of the wheel fairing. It was destroyed....
In a message dated 12/1/2007 4:57:15 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, jcarnahan@... writes: Well..... I suppose an upside down $10K airplane is only 1/2 as...
My Cougar had just regular steel auto brake lines. I removed them when I went to to the Viking wheels. I converted them over to AN fittings and used some...
Why buy a nose gear when a tail wheel will do. Dan ... bad as an ... stunt pilots ... of a ... priced ... demonstrate that. ... greatest. ... best ... would...
In a message dated 12/1/2007 5:49:53 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, nov32394@... writes: Why buy a nose gear when a tail wheel will do. Dan Supposedly if...
All the VariEzes and Long EZ use the Tail wheel setup. You can see that the tail wheel has a yoke that is almost a 45° so it is much higher and out of the...
Correct on straightening, If you've ever watched a spring shop re-ark a set of leaf springs from a truck you'd see nothing scientific about it. An anvil with a...
Cy, could have very well been that that particular nose gear was one that didn't get heat treated properly, Harmon may have missed it during QC. You know,...
That's awful noisy... Hydraulic press is much easier and quiet! Cy Galley - Chair, AirVenture Emergency Aircraft Repair A 46 Year Service Project of Chapter 75...
Could be but get the video and look. I believe it is on one of the RV sites. If it was an isolated problem then why did Van come out with a redesign? ... ...
Alex, I have been reading all of these responses about the nose gear failures. From what I read all the nose gear failures have been on RV's not Tailwinds. The...
I've watch this message... flip and die. Why would that happen? Generally if you nose over it is a very low speed. Seldom anyone dies or even gets hurt....
Usually not, in a high wing airplane I think. Low wing, that is different, no much structure up there, and you might have a little truoble getting the canopy...
Two trigear tests at Baraboo airport, one had a engine quit on lift off and went off the end of the paved strip. The runoff area is far from smooth but the...
The Tailwind group is one of the last scratch builder forums around. Most like the time saving of buying a kit. I really enjoy plans building. Dave Conrad ... ...
We just had an accident in Franklin KY where a t-18 flipped. The pilot is a very high time jet jockey. He got too much brake and the prop hit. The pax was...
Ditto! Jack ... From: nov32394 To: TailwindForum@yahoogroups.com Sent: Saturday, December 01, 2007 5:49 PM Subject: Re: [TailwindForum] Why buy a nose gear...
My Lang gear legs on my taildragger drilled differently. One leg would expel noodles about an inch long and the other one expelled smaller chips. I talked to...
Sitting in Wausau Wi looking out the window, we must have received 6-8" of snow. It's Saturday night and the wind is strong out of the south east. My garage...
Or it catches on fire. Yes I understand that "DEAD" is an overstatement. It was meant to be so. But It is indeed a possibility. I'll take my chances with the...
