REFLECTOR: XLFG Flying side ways

[Ron N Velocity XLFG]

Thanks all  

All the things mentioned ring true for  me.  I guess I will fly with out a front wheel pants till I come up with 
a good fix. Going to make my own dampener . It is in the design stages. I want mine to have a full
360 rotation of the front wheel .

Ron
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Stockman, Bill 
  To: Ron Velocity XLFG ; Velocity Aircraft Owners andBuilders list 
  Sent: Tuesday, March 06, 2012 7:12 AM
  Subject: Re: REFLECTOR: XLFG Flying side ways


  Been there, done that, got the T-shirt.    I've had the same problem for years.   Without the  front wheel pant, things are great.   When you put it on

  It becomes an e-ticket ride at Disneyland  (that is a really old reference for you youngsters).     I've done the extreme yaw, extreme shimmy and blown out two front tires.

  I've tried all the fixes and none seem to work.    Apparently my plane is like Paris Hilton and doesn't like to wear "panties"

   

  Bill Stockman

  Senior Associate

  Dayton Aerospace, Inc.

   

  937.426.4300  Office

  937.369.4799  Cell

  bill.stockman at daytonaero.com

  www.daytonaero.com

   

  From: reflector-bounces at tvbf.org [mailto:reflector-bounces at tvbf.org] On Behalf Of Ron Velocity XLFG
  Sent: Monday, March 05, 2012 10:43 PM
  To: reflector at tvbf.org
  Subject: REFLECTOR: XLFG Flying side ways

   

  Today I did two  flight in my plane the first flight was fine no issue to discuss here.

  but on my second flight right at take off the plane wanted to turn left real hard.

  By that I mean Full right deflection to keep the plane from rolling over. I went around the pattern 

  with almost full right input and got the plane back on the ground. The turning seemed to slightly 

  reduce as I went around the pattern .  I had a similar issue on my last test fight. The plane flew with a severe crab

  all the way around the pattern . So this is the second issue I have had since putting on my front wheel pants on .

  My guess is the front wheel is kicking to the side right at lift off causing the plane

  to want to turn. I checked all of my rigging and nothing looks wrong. Has any one 

  else had this happen? This make me real nervous to use my wheel pants or just  fly the plane 

  again.  It could be a winglet getting stuck out I suppose ,I wish I had look around more closely but 

  I was most concerned about getting on the ground first.

   

  Ron

   

   

   

   



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