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jconnell(at)fmwildblue.co
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 Posted: Sat Nov 17, 2007 8:05 am Post subject: Subject: Nose Gear Leg |
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A question:
What if we keep the original nose gear leg and only change the fork?
What are the implications of having the nose gear 1 inch longer?
I'm not flying my -9A yet but would like to know your thoughts...
Joe Connell
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klwerner(at)comcast.net
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| Posted: Sat Nov 17, 2007 8:18 am Post subject: Subject: Nose Gear Leg |
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Chances are that you may land on the nosegear first, due to its increased angle of attack stance.
The nosegear is not designed as a landing gear (per Vans), but rather only a taxi gear.
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hooverra(at)verizon.net
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| Posted: Sat Nov 17, 2007 9:52 am Post subject: Subject: Nose Gear Leg |
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Joe,
The new fork has the same geometry as the old except the bearing
area is shortened from the bottom. This allows the leg to be an inch
shorter allowing more ground clearance. The choice is do the mod or not.
If you do the mod you can choose either to replace or rework the leg.
Ralph
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/ What if we keep the original nose gear leg and only change the fork? /
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/ I'm not flying my -9A yet but would like to know your thoughts... /
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ronlee(at)pcisys.net
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| Posted: Sat Nov 17, 2007 10:16 am Post subject: Subject: Nose Gear Leg |
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I believe that the below statement is wrong. The top of the new fork and the axle holes are
in the same place. If you do not modify the threads on the old gear leg then you can't
use the new fork.
Either stay with your current setup which many will say is ok OR rethread the old gear leg
and install the new fork
Ron Lee
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c.ennis(at)insightbb.com
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| Posted: Sat Nov 17, 2007 5:06 pm Post subject: Subject: Nose Gear Leg |
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Looks to me like you could save the expense and trouble of changing anything if you don't shorten the gear on the lower end The whole point is to gain an inch of clearance ahead of the nose wheel...that requires removal of the forward bottom edge of the fork (from Van's) and the 1"shorter gear leg to match it.
If there were enough thread on the old style gear legs we could just buy the new fork and hacksaw the 1"off of the gear.
Charlie Ennis
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klwerner(at)comcast.net
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| Posted: Sun Nov 18, 2007 8:40 am Post subject: Subject: Nose Gear Leg |
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Ron,
...you are right!
The new fork does not change its position, but the gearleg would need to be shortened to make sense of the change.
Where was my morning brain? At least someone was paying attention to my nonsense...
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