REFLECTOR: shimmy

[Scott Derrick]

As the originator of the "lock" has said, the "lock" was designed to
cure the problem of the FG nose wheel clocking left or right in flight
and thus interfering with normal flight.

The use as a cure to the shimmy problem was unintended and not put forth
as such.

Scott

Al Gietzen wrote:
> The more I push into this the more convinced I am that the wheel
> lock is a fix to a symptom that can be eliminated and that good alignment
> and damping can resolve the problem without the lock. 
>
> David;
> I guess the 'lock' could be viewed as increasing the rigidity of the system,
> and driving the natural frequency above the range of interest.  And I guess
> relieving the symptom can be viewed as solving the problem - just not
> relieving the root cause. 
>
> Al
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> To change your email address, visit http://www.tvbf.org/mailman/listinfo/reflector
>
> Visit the gallery!  www.tvbf.org/gallery
> user:pw = tvbf:jamaicangoose
> Check new archives: www.tvbf.org/pipermail
> Check old archives: http://www.tvbf.org/archives/velocity/maillist.html
>
>   

-------------- next part --------------
A non-text attachment was scrubbed...
Name: signature.asc
Type: application/pgp-signature
Size: 260 bytes
Desc: OpenPGP digital signature
Url : http://www.tvbf.org/mailman/private/reflector/attachments/20090225/85516b67/attachment.pgp