roadrunner20
Well Known Member
After 4 1/2 months, I finally was able to fly again, following my TW conversion.
It had taken much longer than I anticipated, due to a mismatch of the new gear leg to an older engine mount. Prior to 10/2004, the mounts were match drilled to the gear . Following 10/2004, all are jig match drilled to standarize the fit. My issue resulted in an extreme tow out in which I had to oversize drill the gear leg to correct the tow out. Also, the cowling had to be trimmed to remove 1/2" from the aft end which required a whole lot of re-aligning of the cowl & hinge.
It's great to be back flying again. I received my TW endorsement yesterday and will join the ranks of the TW group.
Most landings were uneventful, but I still need to work on the xwind landings.
Interesting in that I've noticed is that the main gear is bit noisy compared to the tricycle gear. I figure it's probably due to the mains being more forward and can be heard versus the tricylcle gear was under the wing.
But, I don't hear or feel any nose gear shimmy.
It had taken much longer than I anticipated, due to a mismatch of the new gear leg to an older engine mount. Prior to 10/2004, the mounts were match drilled to the gear . Following 10/2004, all are jig match drilled to standarize the fit. My issue resulted in an extreme tow out in which I had to oversize drill the gear leg to correct the tow out. Also, the cowling had to be trimmed to remove 1/2" from the aft end which required a whole lot of re-aligning of the cowl & hinge.
It's great to be back flying again. I received my TW endorsement yesterday and will join the ranks of the TW group.
Most landings were uneventful, but I still need to work on the xwind landings.
Interesting in that I've noticed is that the main gear is bit noisy compared to the tricycle gear. I figure it's probably due to the mains being more forward and can be heard versus the tricylcle gear was under the wing.
But, I don't hear or feel any nose gear shimmy.
