RoddyEuropa(at)aol.com
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 Posted: Thu Apr 16, 2009 1:33 am Post subject: Bungee replacement |
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In a message dated 15/04/2009 13:19:05 GMT Daylight Time, raimo.toivio(at)rwm.fi writes:
I think you would really struggle to raise the undercarriage if the bungee broke - but no real issue because there would be no problem getting it down!
A spring would have prevented a problem I found this winter - something, mice I think, had stripped off much of the fibre covering of the bungee, leaving the rubber strands exposed. Not obvious to see.
But the good news was that it was easier to replace - with firewall in place - than I expected. Took about 2 hours start to finish, which was much better than I dared to hope. You have to take out the suspension block and it helped to hoist the plane up high. Adjusting a slightly under tension bungee would be easier still.
Roddy Kesterton
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| Quote: | So, if you loose it, no worries.
I think mono is still retractable w/o bungee and if not - so what?
Coming back to my original question:
I cannot see any obvious problem if changing bungee to spring.
Spring could be more permanent solution, easier to adjust and optimize and no time period.
Probably spring is heavier than bungee anyway and more expensive solution also.
For example I would like to have my bungee more powerful.
It is quite easy to retract but that exercise is not sophisticated enough (!).
Definetely I am not going to tighten it up because of hard labor.
Too taut bungee is probaly giving upp earlier.
So professors - how is a spring??? |
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