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kdbelue(at)charter.net
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Posted: Wed Nov 12, 2008 8:51 pm Post subject: RV10 nose wheel

I don't know how well everyone's nose wheel/axle is working but Grove has a 

nice setup for the RV-10 as well as other models. I installed their nose 

wheel kit on my RV-6A and it is much better than the stock configuration. I 

can move the plane much easier and it lands better, without shimmy. I really 

don't like the Matco bearing configuration - the Grove has a standard 

bearing/seal like the main wheels. Their kits include wheel and axle 

hardware:

http://www.groveaircraft.com/rvnose.html



Kevin Belue

RV-6A Flying

RV-10 Flying

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AirMike

Joined: 27 Feb 2007
Posts: 514
Location: Nevada

Posted: Wed Nov 12, 2008 11:14 pm Post subject: RV10 nose wheel

Ahhhh. A blatant commercial plug......



But a seemingly good one.



I had not heard of this as a problem (shimmy) but please elaborate more.

What does the Grove unit do better than the stock Vans setup? Does it eliminate the axle bolt which seems kind of rinky-dink and a weak link?

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carl.froehlich(at)cox.net
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Posted: Thu Nov 13, 2008 2:57 pm Post subject: RV10 nose wheel

I did something like this on my stock RV-8A nose gear by using a left over

piece of steel aileron connecting rod tubing slid over the bearing bolt on

the inside of the wheel.  I trimmed the tubing until it provided a good fit

on the bearings with the nut on the bearing bolt tighten.  This ended my

nose gear shimmy problem.  I'll do the same on the RV-10.



Carl Froehlich

RV-8A (450 hrs)

RV-10 (fuselage)



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kdbelue(at)charter.net
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Posted: Thu Nov 13, 2008 4:21 pm Post subject: RV10 nose wheel

Oh, I didn't intend my message to be a commercial plug. I'm not connected 

with Grove in any way, I just think their wheel and bearing solution is the 

correct way to build it. Their nose wheel is made like the main gear 

wheels - there isn't any rubber seal on the bearing. The bearings are 

installed with a felt dust seal and a snap ring. They also supply an axle 

and spacers so that you tighten the axle to preload the bearings like you do 

on a car. The spacers have a pin that you install in the yoke which prevents 

them from moving. My Matco wheel would not spin  by itself when I spun it 

with the nose wheel held off the ground. I installed the Grove wheel and it 

continued to spin freely after turning it by hand. I also noticed that my 

plane was easier to move when I push it into the hangar. There is a lot of 

talk on Van's Airforce website forums about this wheel on the 2-seat RV's. 

I've just wondered why it seems no one is using the Grove wheel on the 

RV-10. I think it would correct the problems with the spacers moving around 

with the Matco wheel.



Note: the shimmy I referred to is on an RV-6A; RV-10's don't do that as far 

as I've seen.



Kevin Belue



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