REFLECTOR: New Shimmy Damper Success?

[jerry at jlbent.com]

I know that there continue to be shimmy problems even with the new dampner.
 The force is enough that it shears the shear pin on the new dampner.  I
also heard that the factory is testing some changes to address the problem
on the new solution.  The dampner manufacturer is also invovled in advising
how best to set the new dampner.

I guess the answer is if you have the friction solution, keep it very
tight.  If you have the new dampner, contact the factory for advise and/or
upgrades.


Jerry Brainard
Jerry at JLBEnt.com


  	-------Original Message-------
From: Dennis King
To: reflector at tvbf.org
Subject: REFLECTOR: New Shimmy Damper Success?
Sent: Mar 15 '13 12:35pm


I know the issue of nose wheel shimmy has been done to death in the past,
but the factory has offered a new shimmy damper for awhile and I haven't
seen any user reports on it.  I know some people have had trouble with
shimmy, even though they were trying to be careful about adjusting the
friction nut.  I don't think I've experienced shimmy yet, but I am still
early in my test period. I'm interested in hearing about anybody's
experience with the new damper design, especially people who had a lot of
trouble with the old design.  Switching from a dry friction design (coulomb
damping) to viscous damping makes a lot of sense to me.


Dennis King
173RG Elite N173DK
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