We found 17lbs on all 3 works perfect. If the nose pressure gets higher or lower at times we get the shimmy back and this has been going on for over 2 years. With the heavy snow in the East we haven't been able to fly or even get to the plane. Finally made it to the hangar, 14 inches of snow against the doors, after moving the snow the doors were almost impossible to move as the ground has raised due to freezing.
Finally got them free, put air in the tires, fuel in the tanks and couldn't get to the runway as the snow piles were above the wings. I didn't want to take a chance on a fabric wing hitting an ice crusted pile of snow. So I did my hangar chores, closed the doors ( couldn't get one completely closed) and hoped for an early Spring. Jim N3439H Frederick, Md. ----- Original Message ----- From: Bill Coons To: [email protected] Sent: Sunday, February 21, 2010 5:16 PM Subject: [ercoupe-tech] Tire pressure Hi Many years ago I had a shimmy I couldn't fix. I was told by (someone who should know) to increase the nose wheel to 24 lbs. The shimmy went away and never returned. That s contrary to everything I have heard, Most people maintain that shimmy is due to too much air in the tire Maybe I was just lucky. Bill Coons
