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Wed Mar 4 12:34:38 CST 2009
As suggested in a previous post, you need to compress the rubber bumper
quite a bit to take the bounce out during taxi - remove the captivator
plate, shim behind the rubber bumper as much as you can so that you can
still install the top cross bolt (you may want to shim more at the bottom of
the rubber bumper), then turn the fork 180 degrees (as per Andy M) and jack
up the wings to compress the bumper enough to re-install the captivator
plate.
Regards,
Kevin
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Jorge:</FONT></SPAN></SPAN></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=3D593454316-11052009></SPAN><SPAN =
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style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><FONT face=3DArial>In talking about the =
retrofit nose gear=20
rubber shock mounted on the factory's trainer; Scott Swing (Velocity) =
told me=20
this morning; "It is working great so far; no problems. I like it! =
I=20
used a similar thickness spacer to install it but had to put a lot more =
weight=20
than 140 pounds on the nose to install the captivator. It took two =
of us=20
to compress the shock enough." </FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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face=3DArial>In this regard, and for purposes of clarification, be =
advised that I=20
only needed 140 pounds of weight on the nose to do it because my =
fuselage was=20
empty, my wings were off, and my engine was still not mounted on the =
firewall at=20
the time. I am sure that retrofit installation on a flying =
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requires much more weight on the nose to compress the rubber enough to =
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size=3D2>From Kevin:</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=3D593454316-11052009><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>As =
suggested in a=20
previous post, you need to compress the rubber bumper quite a bit to =
take the=20
bounce out during taxi - remove the captivator plate, shim behind the =
rubber=20
bumper as much as you can so that you can still install the top cross =
bolt (you=20
may want to shim more at the bottom of the rubber bumper), then turn the =
fork=20
180 degrees (as per Andy M) and jack up the wings to compress the bumper =
enough=20
to re-install the captivator plate.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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size=3D2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=3D593454316-11052009><FONT face=3DArial=20
size=3D2>Regards,</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=3D593454316-11052009><FONT face=3DArial=20
size=3D2>Kevin</FONT></SPAN></SPAN></DIV></BODY></HTML>
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