I am about to try to install the steel spacers in mine, SN 977. I am hoping to get around 5-7 inches of lift from them.
--- In [email protected], "n611gc" <genesisinvestmentstrateg...@...> wrote: > > Hmmm...My MLG is configured differently than later models. I have been told > that the spacer will work / won't work / might work. > > There is a file (3rd from the top) in the 'files' section of this board that > suggests adding another donut to the stack. (not possible on later models). > > Uncertain what to do. > Rick 611GC > > > > --- In [email protected], bbartsey@ wrote: > > > > > > When I bought my coupe it had a "droopy tail" and crosswind > > takeoffs/landings were akin to watching a water buffalo on roller skates. > > With the tail down, the upwind wing wants to raise, either on landing or > > takeoff, so your reponse is to roll aileron in to lower the upwind wing. > > That also steers the nosewheel into the wind, which steer the airplane into > > the wind as it is simultaneously trying to weathervane into the wind. > > Hello grass on the upwind side of the runway. > > After spacers were installed to make the plane level and lower the > > incidence of the wings, the tendency for the upwing wing to rise was gone > > and crosswind landings/takeoffs were uneventful. > > >
