REFLECTOR: New Nose Gear (FG)

[nmflyer1 at aol.com]

All, 

I put the captivator plate back in its original holes. When I sent off my nose gear to the factory to have the gussets welded in it left with 3.5% of forward cant. It came back with .7 (Point-seven) % of cant. 

If I shim behind the new bumper, the gear pivots on the upper bolt, slowly removing the forward cant that I no longer have much of. It is the easiest to try, but then I have to hope I have enough forward angle on the king pin. 

I could always remake the captivator or re-drill the holes. Still, have to end up with the correct angle on the king pin. 

I asked the factory if I was supposed to have that forward angle reference to all 3 wheels on the ground (normal resting mode), or making it "construction level" since they are different!  I never received a response. The manual has you do the gear install reference "construction level" but you would have to land nose gear first in my airplane to reach that attitude. 

Nothing slipped on my system. I designed a different front tie down system that is ungodly strong, and flush. I cranked the nose gear into the rubber, then just slid the captivator into place. I had all sorts of room. 

Thanks for the input. 

Kurt 


-----Original Message-----
From: Matt Bucko <mbuc310 at cox.net>
To: Velocity Aircraft Owners and Builders list <reflector at tvbf.org>
Sent: Sun, Nov 15, 2009 3:05 pm
Subject: Re: REFLECTOR: New Nose Gear (RG


Following your post, you pulled the nose down, jamming the nose gear leg forward into the rubber bumper. You installed the captivator plate tight against the back of the gear leg. You released the weight and created a gap? 
Did the captivator move/slip rearward some how?
Kevin Steiner had to move the captivator mounts forward a bit when he changed out the factory bumper. 
Matt

John Tvedte wrote: 

Kurt,
 
Been there...  Check your King-Pin angle.  Likely you can shim out your bumper more - and not have to re-make the captivator.
 
John
From: reflector-bounces at tvbf.org [reflector-bounces at tvbf.org] On Behalf Of nmflyer1 at aol.com [nmflyer1 at aol.com]
Sent: Sunday, November 15, 2009 1:34 PM
To: reflector at tvbf.org
Subject: REFLECTOR: New Nose Gear (RG




Well, I got the new nose gear installed with the upgraded bumper. I weighed down the nose with 120 lbs, then used my ratchet tie down and scrunched it down even further. Put in the captivator plate.. no problem. 
 
Once I let the weight off, the captivator plate doesn't even touch the nose gear. It is not tight at all. Great. Something else I have to re-design. 
 
Back to work (real work) to rest & ponder. 
 
 Kurt 



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