REFLECTOR: Nose Wheel castoring while taxiing

[Brian Michalk]

Since we are on the subject of the nose gear bumper:

I already related to the group that I did more taxi testing this 
weekend.  I have two squawks to address.

The first is the draggy brakes, that is in a different thread.

The second is what I think is excessive nose gear rake.  I measured the 
angle of the gear, and it's at 6deg.  The manual calls for 2 to 4 deg.  
The symptom is that when I make a hard turn, the wheel castors to about 
90deg, and with the rake, the nose drops a bit.  Then, getting that 
wheel back in trail to taxi straight requires some power and skill, 
because the nose must be lifted back up an inch or two to get the wheel 
back in trail.

Does the new bumper add any thickness?  The one I have came from the RRL 
trainer plane, and looked fine.  My plan was to add some spacers to mine 
to get the rake back within limits.

Or should I even bother with this?  Right now, I have zero tension on 
the castoring to make it easier to taxi.  This problem will get worse 
when I tighten it up for first flight.