REFLECTOR:RE:weak gas struts

Sat, 27 Dec 2003 07:32:09 -0800

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Alex,

> I was going to ask why we do not use a spring cartridge device instead
of

> the nitrogen strut for the over center linkage, the difference is the

> dampening effect of the gas strut... 

I suspect the gas strut is a good deal gentler on the gear mechanism
than a

spring would be. Without the gas strut, the gear's free-fall would be
hastened

by the spring and the force of the wind. It <could> slam up against the
stops

pretty hard. 

The rate of travel would still be dampened by the hydraulic cylinder,
that fluid still has to go in one end and out the other, through a tube
i.d. of about .125".

Al

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<p class=3DMsoPlainText><font size=3D2 face=3DNimrod><span =
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<p class=3DMsoPlainText><font size=3D2 face=3DNimrod><span =
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I was going to ask why we do not use a spring cartridge device instead =
of</span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoPlainText><font size=3D2 face=3DNimrod><span =
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the nitrogen strut for the over center linkage, the difference is =
the</span></font></p>

&gt;
dampening effect of the gas strut...

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<p class=3DMsoPlainText><font size=3D2 face=3DNimrod><span =
style=3D'font-size:11.0pt'>I
suspect the gas strut is a good deal gentler on the gear mechanism than =
a</span></font></p>

spring
would be. Without the gas strut, the gear's free-fall would be =
hastened

by
the spring and the force of the wind. It &lt;could&gt; slam up against =
the
stops

<p class=3DMsoPlainText><font size=3D2 face=3DNimrod><span =
style=3D'font-size:11.0pt'>pretty
hard. </span></font></p>

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The rate of =
travel
would still be dampened by the hydraulic cylinder, that fluid still has =
to go
in one end and out the other, through a tube i.d. of about =
.125&#8221;.

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