I'm sure this has been tried, but what about an extra donut? ----- Original Message ----- From: Ed Burkhead To: et Sent: Wednesday, May 02, 2007 5:40 PM Subject: RE: [ercoupe-tech] Landing gear spacers approval
If there is no landing gear modification, then the plane should be level with a well maintained landing gear. Yet, we've seen some planes be a couple of inches low at the tail even after full gear maintenance. Many of those planes are now landing with spacers in their gear. Kevin asked: > What other way is there to do it? Again, excellent question, Kevin. Guys, is it possible and legal to change to the different nose gear taxi springs such as the U415-34104 Taxi Spring in place of the standard 415-34041 taxi spring or the 415-34364 taxi spring (as in ESM #51)? (Mind you, I don't know if any of these are appropriate or legal.) How about installing slightly larger main-gear tires? Is there a tire that'd be a touch larger - enough to compensate for the longer double-fork nose gear and/or larger nose tire? We have 15+ years of experience with the spacers on a lot of planes as well. Any other ideas? Ed Burkhead http://edburkhead.com ed -at- edburkhead???.com (change -at- to @ and remove "???")
