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I didn't hear the part of the nose wheel shimmy, but mine had it bad. Didn't often do it on take off, but on landing it was severe enough that I sometimes thought it was going to break the linkage. Tried everything. Replaced the bearings, tightened everything up, played with air pressure, but she just kept shaking away. Then I had the tire balanced. GOOD BYE SHIMMY!!! Larry ----- Original Message ----- From: "Hartmut" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Darwin Girdauckis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[email protected]>; "tech" <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, July 11, 2002 6:13 PM Subject: [COUPERS-TECH] Re: [COUPERS-FLYIN] The First time up! > ----[Please read http://ercoupers.com/disclaimer.htm before following any advice in this forum.]---- > > > Dear Darwin > You wrote: > > I also noticed that my feet got a little toasty, even with the top down. > > The heater vent was closed. > > Does anyone else have this happen? > > Yes. I disconnect the hose to the heater box on the firewall in summer. > The heater box does not close properly due to poor design and leaks > heat. > > You also wrote: > > We have been fighting with vibration in the nose wheel. > > After replacement > > of all the bushings to no avail, we swapped out the nose wheel assy > > today. > Nosewheel shimmy is mainly due to wrong pressure in the front tire. 17 > PSI is what you want. > Too much pressure ---> shimmy ; Too less pressure ---> shimmy. > Also the bolts holding the nutcracker have to be really really tight. > Slightly lose and ---> shimmy. > > Hartmut > N3330H > > Darwin Girdauckis wrote: > > > > ----[Please read http://ercoupers.com/disclaimer.htm before following any advice in this forum.]---- > > > > Hi Coupers! > > Time for the next episode in the story! > > Well we found the problem with the comm noise. After checking every > > other thing > > we finally changed radios & voila. No more noise! The other radio was > > supposedly checked out > > but it won't work in the coupe. The engine miss on take off was in the > > carb. We put a new one on > > & solved that one. > > I went up with our A&P yesterday. I didn't do the takeoff or > > the landing > > but flew straight & level for 20 or so miles while he kept checking the > > radio. It was quite rough > > but I had no problem holding altitude , keeping the wings level or > > staying on coarse. I found the controles light > > & suprisingly responsive.Most of my time is in a warrior. > > I can sure get use to that 100 mph wind in my hair , especially as hot > > as it was. > > The ASI is out quite a ways. (15-20 mph HI) we lifted off at > > 80 indicated & reached 125 @ 2500 rpm > > on the level (85 hp with a climb prop? I think not!) Next time I will > > take the GPS & see what I get. > > I also noticed that my feet got a little toasty, even with the top down. > > The heater vent was closed. > > Does anyone else have this happen? > > We have been fighting with vibration in the nose wheel. > > After replacement > > of all the bushings to no avail, we swapped out the nose wheel assy > > today. > > Apparently it was not the original since it was the pnumatic > > kind with the tin nut cracker which was suppose to be discontinued > > around SN 1000 ( this coupe is SN 1845) > > The one we put on has a spring & a cast nut cracker.(both are single > > fork) I think all the > > air had leaked out of the Pnumatic one as when we put the other one on, > > the tail dropped 3 inches!(rats! down to 72 inches) > > Looks like I will have to use these new rubbers I bought for the mains > > after all. > > Hope that cures the shimmy! > > We changed the baggage bag behind the seat too! We put a denim bag on > > 2/3 > > of the hole leaving access to the battery then put an upolstered cover > > over both the bag & the hole on hinges > > with a velcro closure. > > Other than these few gremlins, I am very happy with the way the > > plane flys so far. It has > > a nice feel to it. The seats are more comfy than the warrior. I think we > > are going to have a lot of fun > > with this one. > > Darwin > > > > ================================================================== > > TO UNSUBSCRIBE go to: http://ercoupers.com/lists.htm > > ================================================================== > TO UNSUBSCRIBE go to: http://ercoupers.com/lists.htm > > > ================================================================== TO UNSUBSCRIBE go to: http://ercoupers.com/lists.htm
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