----[Please read http://ercoupers.com/disclaimer.htm before following any advice in this forum.]----
Me too. I'd prefer to land on the main gear first and then lower the
nose wheel onto the ground.
The nose gear is much more likely to fold up on a 'less than perfect'
landing than the main gear is as
they are so much stronger.
I'll still keep my nose gear snubber cable on it. If you ever break
your nose gear the 'least'
you'll end up with is a prop strike (sudden stop means an engine teardown)
and a new prop, and probably
a broken engine mount which could very well damage the firewall also.
And one more point, if the nose gear telescopic tube is fully extended
there is less 'overlap'
between the inner and outer tubes and this obviously makes it weaker than
it is if it is partially
retracted already due to the cable holding it up a little.
Bob Saville
Bob Saville
Alan Lail wrote:
> ----[Please read http://ercoupers.com/disclaimer.htm before following
any advice in this forum.]----
>
> thats nice, but I still perfere it with the cable.
>
> Syd Cohen wrote:
> > Fred designed the nose gear on the Ercoupe so if the airplane were
> > flared properly on landing all 3
> > tires would contact the runway at the same time, giving you steering
> > authority immediately. He said at
> > many National Conventions that the snubber cable should be taken off
and
> > left off.
> >
> > Syd Cohen
> > NC94196
> >
> >
> > Alan Lail wrote:
> >
> > > ----[Please read http://ercoupers.com/disclaimer.htm before
following
> > > any advice in this forum.]----
> > >
> > > I have flown mine with the cable and the fairing on, looks funny. I
have
> > > taken the cable off and flown it that way, no change, but the nose
hits
> > > early. Now I am going back to the cable.
> > >
> > > ALan
> > >
> > > Greg Bullough wrote:
> > > > At 02:54 PM 4/1/02 -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> > > > >I have the snubber cable installed. I think the extremely
extended nose
> > > > >gear
> > > > >(without the cable) looks kinda funny in flight.
> > > >
> > > > I tried checking this myself. Damn near fell out of the airplane.
> > > >
> > > > Greg
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
> > > Ain't We having Fun! You'all
> > > Vancouver, WA N3408H, 415D
> > >
> >
> >
> >
>
> Ain't We having Fun! You'all
> Vancouver, WA N3408H, 415D
>
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