REFLECTOR: Scott steering dampener XLFG

[Jim & Sharon Beck]

I had a case of stupid and got too slow, stalled the canard, dropped the
nose wheel a little hard. my azusa wheel broke, its amazing how fast  you
can stop skidding the front fork, I now have the matco wheel.

Jim 173 Elite RG 550 + hours


On Tue, Sep 17, 2013 at 3:33 AM, Scott Baker <scottb33333 at gmail.com> wrote:

>  On 9/16/2013 5:10 PM, John Dibble wrote:
>
> Thanks.  I have the Azusa, 1200 hours, no problems.  Have there been many
> problems?
>
> John
>
>  There have been a few failures of the Azusa nose wheel, more so with
> heavy weighted XL models.
> Some Azusa castings that have a "Do not exceed (x) mph" warning with a
> value that is much lower than the normal touchdown speed of the Velocity.
> Still - there are many, many Velocity aircraft in normal service with the
> Azusa nose wheel.
> The Matco wheel is definitely the better wheel (stronger, rated for higher
> speeds).
> Scott B.
>
>
>
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