REFLECTOR: Mechanical Nose Gear Doors

[David Scharfenberg]

Here is a picture of mine.  I added two short springs to hold the doors 
shut with spring pressure and still allow the nose gear to move up and 
down in turbulence.  I have a crude movie showing that if you are 
interested.  I tested it every way I could think of and it has worked 
well.  So far I have maybe 25 or 30 flights with it.

Dave Scharfenberg



On Aug 9, 2006, at 3:06 PM, Richard J Gentil wrote:

>  Trying to reinvent the wheel. On the Standard RG, the nose gear door 
> actuator was not operating correctly so we decided to make a mod to a 
> mechanical door operation.
>
>  I am still a long was off from flying but I thought I would post a 
> pair of pictures to see if anyone might have any suggestions or 
> concerns. Obviously it works well on jacks, but there is no air 
> pressure on it, and I was looking for thoughts of how it might do in 
> flight and if there is anything I should look into changing (i.e. 
> larger springs, etc.)
>
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>  Richard
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