REFLECTOR: XLFG Flying side ways

[Mark Magee]

Bill,
I put a modified (urethane pad/bushing) Jorge Bujanda mod on my XLFG nose strut. No more shimmy. I had a few E Ticket rides myself with that Nosegear and destructive shimmy, now all is quiet on that front. I actually -bent- a Nosegear strut so bad I replaced it. I check my shimmy damper torque on no regular sked; as it should be.

Mark B. Magee
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On Mar 6, 2012, at 7:12 AM, "Stockman, Bill" <bill.stockman at daytonaero.com> wrote:

> 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”
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> Bill Stockman
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> Dayton Aerospace, Inc.
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> 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
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> 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.
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> Ron
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