REFLECTOR: Plane flies sideways

Lawrence Epstein ljepstein at hotmail.com
Wed Mar 14 04:25:25 CDT 2012


Again, it seems to me that Ken Mishler's nose wheel lock would solve your
problem easily.

Larry Epstein

btw; I hear the twin flew yesterday!

On Wed, Mar 14, 2012 at 12:39 AM, Ron Velocity XLFG
<VelocityXL at fastmail.fm>wrote:

>   Thanks for all the input on my plane fling sideways . So far my
> findings  are the front
> wheel is really out of balance. I mentioned a vibration a few weeks back
> at take off
> and now I think I have found it . The front wheel is really out of
> balance. I did as some suggested
> and tapped the brakes after take off  but the vibration still continued .
> I believe the tire is so out of balance that
> it is causing the front wheel to turn in the air.  On touch down a had a
> friend tell me he saw the tire do a complete
> 360 spin  before going straight  which makes me think that the front wheel
> is vibrating so much that
> it causes the front wheel to turn . He also  said he thought the front
> wheel looked to be turn as I came down final
> but he was not sure . So now I will balance the front wheel and see if it
> helps.
>
> Ron
>
>
>
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