Hey Guys, Recently I have picked up a pretty strong vibration right before lift off and soon after landing. Having looked for it and not finding a problem I just figured it was tail wheel shimmy on our grooved runway. Yesterday, I hosted the local EAA Chapter 152 cookout. As things where winding down I took my friend Larry up in the KR. Larry only weighs 135 lbs. Everything went fine but I could feel the vibration again on landing. Rolling the KR back into the hanger and getting ready to close up shop I ask Larry to straighten the rudder and tailwheel for me. I usually just kick it around straight but trying to be gentle he knelt down and picked it up by the tailwheel. That's when he called out that the tailwheel assembly is loose. The Matco has one bolt holding it to the leaf spring and it had gotten a bit loose letting it move from side to side. Just as soon as he pointed this out I knew my problem was solved. I guess where I'm going with this is, If your plane is telling you something, Listen to it. It was almost embarrassing that he found the problem by accident and I didn't find it even when looking for it. Looking back I had checked it with full tail weight on the assembly and wasn't able to see movement.
Mike Sylvester kr2s builder Birmingham,AL. Cell no.205-966-3854 _______________________________________________ Search the KRnet Archives at https://www.mail-archive.com/krnet@list.krnet.org/. Please see LIST RULES and KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html. see http://list.krnet.org/mailman/listinfo/krnet_list.krnet.org to change options. To UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to krnet-le...@list.krnet.org
