REFLECTOR: Nose gear gas strut

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Fri Apr 6 12:18:07 CDT 2012


Another thing I found recently:  If you are using a "typical" scale... they are not designed to be accurate below 50 pounds. So you could be off by more than 10 pounds and not know it. I have 5 scales... All of them read off at about 50 and below. 


Kurt 



-----Original Message-----
From: Don Johnston <numa at comcast.net>
To: reflector <reflector at tvbf.org>
Sent: Fri, Apr 6, 2012 11:12 am
Subject: REFLECTOR: Nose gear gas strut


Dump valve works perfectly.

Once the nose gear is down, one finger is all it takes to get it over center. 

So the extra 10lbs would be enough. I may go with 65-70lbs depending on what's available. 

-Don

From: Scott Derrick <scott at tnstaafl.net>
To: Velocity Aircraft Owners and Builders list <reflector at tvbf.org>
Cc: 
Date: Fri, 06 Apr 2012 10:53:14 -0600
Subject: Re: REFLECTOR: Nose gear gas strut
              Actually it sounds like the strut is fine.
    
    gas strut pushes 50 lbs? thats pretty close to spec on those    things.  10 lbs would push it over center if the pressure was    released. 
    
    I think something is binding or possibly a hydraulic issue.  Maybe    your release valve is plumbed incorrectly?
    
    Scott
    
    -------- Original Message --------
    Subject: REFLECTOR: Nose gear gas strut
    From: Don Johnston <numa at comcast.net>
    To: reflector at tvbf.org
    Date: 04/06/2012 10:19 AM
    Okay. Now I'm getting somewhere. :-)
      
      With the nose gear hydraulic cylinder disconnected, the nose gear      goes overcenter every time. So I don't think it's a binding issue.
      
      I pulled the gas strut and checked it on the bathroom scale and      it's only showing 50lbs during the compression stroke. 
      
      So I guess it's off to NAPA. :-)
      
      Thanks everyone!
      
      -Don
 
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