REFLECTOR: washers on nose wheel

[Laurence Coen]

Jeff,

I used 1/8" flat stock from Aircraft Spruce and cut out the washer with hole saws. Just remember that the outside diameter will be the inside diameter of the hole saw and the hole in the washer will be the outside diameter of that saw.

Larry Coen
N136LC



From: Jeff Howell 
Sent: Tuesday, December 30, 2008 8:42 PM
To: reflector at tvbf.org 
Subject: REFLECTOR: washers on nosewheel


does anyone know where I can get more nylon and flat washers of this size? I am installing a nose wheel lock and I am replacing the spring washers with a build up of nylon and steel washers. I cannot seem to locate anything this large... Thanx Jeff

> From: lwcoen at hotmail.com
> To: reflector at tvbf.org
> Date: Mon, 29 Dec 2008 13:34:45 -0600
> Subject: Re: REFLECTOR: Castoring washer on nosewheel
> 
> Brian,
> 
> You haven't lost your fiber washer, you never had one. If memory serves, 
> you got into this game about the same time I did and the fiber washer mod 
> didn't exist at that time. I use the nylon washer and it works very well. 
> Something I found about my set-up that I think is worth checking is that the 
> torque was not constant as the nose wheel is rotated to different positions. 
> I set my torque with the wheel straight ahead. My first high speed left 
> turn produced a slight shimmy. I found that when set for a left turn I had 
> a couple of pounds less torque and set for a right turn an increase in 
> torque. Find the loosest position and set that to spec.
> 
> Larry Coen
> N136LC
> SE/RG Franklin/IVO
> 
> --------------------------------------------------
> From: "Brian Michalk" <michalk at awpi.com>
> Sent: Monday, December 29, 2008 10:52 AM
> To: "Velocity Aircraft Owners and Builders list" <reflector at tvbf.org>
> Subject: REFLECTOR: Castoring washer on nosewheel
> 
> > I seem to have lost the fiber washer for the nosewheel assembly. I
> > added the rest of the parts that came with the kit which was two steel
> > washers, and four belleville washers. I then set my rotating torque to
> > 14 lbs.
> > Do I need to order a new fiber washer from Velocity?
> > Also, I seem to recall that people are greasing the washers? Is this
> > still recommended?
> >
> > Current status:
> > Yesterday we cleaned up the airplane in preparation for our first taxi.
> > Up to this point, we've done weight and balance, and fuel loads. We
> > added 15 gallons to check for a leaking sight gauge, and that checked
> > out okay. This was the first time running the engine with all the
> > baffling and cowling attached. We didn't get very far. The left brake
> > didn't work, the prop pitch didn't work, and we found a couple of
> > scorched areas on the cowl from being too close to the exhaust.
> >
> > I wasn't really expecting to get much taxiing in. It has been May since
> > the last time we ran the engine. It took a while to wake up, probably
> > from air in the fuel lines. The punch list is getting shorter.
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