Glen, My landings seemed to be rougher than I would have expected. I checked the nose strut, and all seemed as it should have been. With a little experimentation, I found that the more I pushed forward on the wheel, the rougher it got. Conversely, if I hold back on the wheel, the roll out gets as smooth as glass. I have the double fork gear.
Larry Stefan Fanselow wrote: > Glen, > > just a guess: Check the nose strut for proper hydraulics. I had mine on the > M10 serviced recently, and it makes all the difference. Turned out that > there was no oil in it at all. Before that, landings were more "arrivals" > than smooth touch-downs. Now things are as soft as butter, and I did not > change the technique. > > Stefan in Tokyo > Mooney M10 Cadet > N9547V > www.hpo.net/users/sfanselow/m10/ > > -----Original Message----- > From: Glen Ward <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: [email protected] <[email protected]> > Date: Tuesday, July 11, 2000 3:59 PM > Subject: [COUPERS] Harsh Landings/Stiff Gear > > >HI, > >Would anybody happen to know whether the strut inside the donuts can make > it > >feel rough when landing? My tail height is fine, but the plane is just > >impossible to land smoothly! My neighbors is amazingly smooth, like you > >can't feel it touch, but mine always feels like an impact when I touch > down. > >All that I can figure is that the struts are bad or the rubber donuts have > >somehow turned stiff. Glen Ward > > > > > > > >_________________________________________________________________________ __ > _____ > >To unsubscribe from this list please send > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >___________________________________________________________ > >T O P I C A The Email You Want. http://www.topica.com/t/16 > >Newsletters, Tips and Discussions on Your Favorite Topics > > > > __________________________________________________________________________ ______ > To unsubscribe from this list please send mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > ___________________________________________________________ > T O P I C A The Email You Want. http://www.topica.com/t/16 > Newsletters, Tips and Discussions on Your Favorite Topics __________________________________________________________________________ ______ To unsubscribe from this list please send mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ___________________________________________________________ T O P I C A The Email You Want. http://www.topica.com/t/16 Newsletters, Tips and Discussions on Your Favorite Topics
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