Hi Dan,
The ORIGINAL twin fork nose gear was a mud scraper,
designed to scrape mud off the nose tire.... It was a
good idea that didn't work, and with thick mud ,
loaded up, and caused problems.
They then went to the single fork nose gear using a
single close tolerance bearing assy wheel.
Forney introduced the current double fork nose assy,
along with the Belleville spring main landing gear,
replacing the rubber doughnuts. This was to cure the
nose wheel shimmy, and make moving over rough runways
easier on the airframe....However the single nose
wheel shimmy was mostly caused by leaving the sissors
bolts loose, instead of tightening them properly, not
the single fork.
If a current style double nose fork is installed
without also installing the belleville springs, one
must install shims in the MLG to raise the tail to the
design attitude....(level airframe), to assure proper
landing in crosswinds and takeoffs.
Fly Safe - Have Fun
Harry Francis
--- "dan.caliendo" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On page 113 of "A touch of class" book it states:
> "The twin fork nose gear was abandoned
> because of easy fouling. the single fork was then
> used."
> I thought the dual fork nose gear was preferable to
> the single fork. Can someone explain.
> Dan C
>
>
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