Sorry guys, just could not resist, being the conventional gear bigot that I
am. I also love them all, would never turn down a KR, just because it had a
training wheel. I will try to wait till Friday next time.
Still in the Hangar re-installing my engine, so I am sure you can understand
why I m
Phil, you are correct, we are getting carried away again. I have the Diehl
nose wheel with 250 hours and never had shimmy. I have run it with 20 lbs
pressure, 30 lbs pressure and 40 lbs pressure and to date have not had any
shimmy. And as far as you tail dragger guys go. Your tail's can shimmy j
We are getting carried away again.
I do not understand what all the talk is about?
You just follow the Dan Dahl instructions , adjust it correctly, and you DO
not get the shimmy.
170 hours on my KR2 without nose wheel problems.
Phil Matheson
SAAA Ch. 20 http://www.saaa20.org/
VH-PKR
Australi
I have been told you can use 'rate sensitive' or 'damper' grease in the
pivot and it will remove this shimmy. This same grease is used in the volume
controls in higher end stereos.
Check out these links:
http://www.nyelubricants.com/pdf/dgm.pdf
http://www.kanto-kasei.co.jp/e/products/floil/other.s
I have been told you can use 'rate sensitive' or 'damper' grease in
the pivot and it will remove a lot of this shimmy. This same grease is used
in the volume controls in higher end stereos.
Paul Smith
Brisbane, AUSTRALIA
pk.sm...@bigpond.net.au
http://kr2spacemodulator.blogspot.com/
-Ori
I have just found a video of Ross Evans' landing at Narromine '09. The slow
motion footage of his nose wheel shimmy is impressive.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LIPrIurhybE&feature=channel_page
I have a collection of over 70 KR clips in my You Tube favorites for anyone
with a spare couple of hou
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