REFLECTOR: XLFG Flying side ways

[Stockman, Bill]

I also put the new rubber buggy bumper on and it made a major positive change with no shimmy with the pant off.   However, once I put the pant back on, it gets exciting.
I recommend anyone with an FG change the rubber bumper.

Bill Stockman
Senior Associate
Dayton Aerospace, Inc.

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From: reflector-bounces at tvbf.org [mailto:reflector-bounces at tvbf.org] On Behalf Of Mark Magee
Sent: Tuesday, March 06, 2012 9:40 AM
To: Velocity Aircraft Owners and Builders list
Subject: Re: REFLECTOR: XLFG Flying side ways

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<mailto: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”

Bill Stockman
Senior Associate
Dayton Aerospace, Inc.

937.426.4300  Office
937.369.4799  Cell
bill.stockman at daytonaero.com<mailto:bill.stockman at daytonaero.com>
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From: reflector-bounces at tvbf.org<mailto: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<mailto: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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