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Charles Heathco

Joined: 10 Jan 2006
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Posted: Fri Feb 15, 2008 6:53 am Post subject: nose gear mod

I have been thinking about this thing and wonder  why we cant put the new fork on the existing rod which would end up giving the  same clearance as if we cut off and inch and rethreaded it?? would change the  sitting angle just barley. Am I missing something here? I havent asked Vans  about this yet, wanted to see if anyone else has thought about this. Charlie  Heathco

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klwerner(at)comcast.net
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Posted: Fri Feb 15, 2008 9:13 am Post subject: nose gear mod

Charlie,

 Why would you put the new fork onto  the old rod, and therefore giving you the same clearance as before....  Isn't improving the ground  clearance the entire reasoning behind this modification? You might as well  keep the old fork then too, as you would not gain the desired effect for dig  in-/roll over prevention by just swapping out the fork, but not the rod.  If you don't care about gaining any  ground clearance then why even bother. I am sure that there is  a good number of people out there that did not care about  swapping the gearleg & fork as both work fine. It mainly depends on  what surface you land on, and I have never landed on anything but an asphalt  runway which obviously would not really even need this mod...  My 0.02  worth.

 Konrad

  

  

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jfogarty(at)tds.net
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Posted: Fri Feb 15, 2008 10:06 am Post subject: nose gear mod

My understanding, the 1 inch is what will hit  the pot hole first, consequently, after cutting off the existing rod the plane  will have one more inch of clearance.  If you hold that nose up you will  never have a problem, that is my assumption, however, I should never assume  anything.

  

 Jim

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gyoung

Joined: 09 Jan 2006
Posts: 211
Location: Republic of Texas

Posted: Fri Feb 15, 2008 10:54 am Post subject: nose gear mod

I assume he's talking about putting a spacer above the new  nose fork so it resides at the bottom of the leg/axle giving the same clearance  as the shortened leg but with a higher ground angle due to an  effectively taller nose gear. Seems like a reasonable question but  then I don't have a dog in this fight - I'm doing  a -6.

  

 Regards,

Greg Young

  



 [quote]         From: owner-rv-list-server(at)matronics.com    [mailto:owner-rv-list-server(at)matronics.com] On Behalf Of Konrad L.    Werner

Sent: Friday, February 15, 2008 11:11 AM

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Subject: Re: nose gear    mod

   

   Charlie,

   Why would you put the new fork onto    the old rod, and therefore giving you the same clearance as before....    Isn't improving the ground    clearance the entire reasoning behind this modification? You might as    well keep the old fork then too, as you would not gain the desired effect for    dig in-/roll over prevention by just swapping out the fork, but not the rod.    If you don't care about gaining    any ground clearance then why even bother. I am sure that there is    a good number of people out there that did not care about    swapping the gearleg & fork as both work fine. It mainly depends on    what surface you land on, and I have never landed on anything but an asphalt    runway which obviously would not really even need this mod...  My 0.02    worth.

   Konrad

    

    

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khorton01(at)rogers.com
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Posted: Fri Feb 15, 2008 11:34 am Post subject: nose gear mod

The disadvantage with this approach would seem to be that it increases the risk of landing nosewheel first, rather than on the main gear first.  Landing nose wheel first would seem to be one factor that could lead to failure of the nose landing gear.



Kevin Horton



On Fri, Feb 15, 2008 at 12:51:15PM -0600, Greg Young wrote:

[quote] I assume he's talking about putting a spacer above the new nose fork so it

 resides at the bottom of the leg/axle giving the same clearance as the

 shortened leg but with a higher ground angle due to an effectively taller

 nose gear. Seems like a reasonable question but then I don't have a dog in

 this fight - I'm doing a -6.

  

 Regards,

 Greg Young

  

 

 

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 From: owner-rv-list-server(at)matronics.com

 [mailto:owner-rv-list-server(at)matronics.com] On Behalf Of Konrad L. Werner

 Sent: Friday, February 15, 2008 11:11 AM

 To: rv-list(at)matronics.com

 Subject: Re: nose gear mod

 

 

 Charlie,

 Why would you put the new fork onto the old rod, and therefore giving you

 the same clearance as before.... Isn't improving the ground clearance the

 entire reasoning behind this modification? You might as well keep the old

 fork then too, as you would not gain the desired effect for dig in-/roll

 over prevention by just swapping out the fork, but not the rod. If you don't

 care about gaining any ground clearance then why even bother. I am sure that

 there is a good number of people out there that did not care about swapping

 the gearleg & fork as both work fine. It mainly depends on what surface you

 land on, and I have never landed on anything but an asphalt runway which

 obviously would not really even need this mod...  My 0.02 worth.

 Konrad

  

  

 

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Mark Phillips in TN

Joined: 10 Jan 2006
Posts: 431
Location: Columbia, TN

Posted: Fri Feb 15, 2008 8:05 pm Post subject: nose gear mod

In a message dated 02/15/2008 1:36:52 PM Central Standard Time, khorton01(at)rogers.com writes:

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		  The disadvantage with this approach would seem to be that it increases the risk of landing nosewheel first, rather than on the main gear first. 	


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 Agreed. The newer models (-7A/-9A) have taller main gear for this very reason, IMHO.

  

 I've had some experience landing on the nosewheel first in my -6A.  Not pretty.  Go around, fer sure...

  

 Mark do not archive



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Posted: Sat Feb 16, 2008 8:12 am Post subject: nose gear mod

Just remember that assumptions make an ass/of/u/and me (ass/u/me) LOL



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