REFLECTOR: Mechanical Nose Gear Doors

[David Scharfenberg]

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> Here is a picture of mine.  I added two short springs to hold the 
> doors shut with spring pressure and still allow the nose gear to move 
> up and down in turbulence.  I have a crude movie showing that if you 
> are interested.  I tested it every way I could think of and it has 
> worked well.  So far I have maybe 25 or 30 flights with it.
>
> Dave Scharfenberg
>
>
>
> On Aug 9, 2006, at 3:06 PM, Richard J Gentil wrote:
>
>>  Trying to reinvent the wheel. On the Standard RG, the nose gear door 
>> actuator was not operating correctly so we decided to make a mod to a 
>> mechanical door operation.
>>
>>  I am still a long was off from flying but I thought I would post a 
>> pair of pictures to see if anyone might have any suggestions or 
>> concerns. Obviously it works well on jacks, but there is no air 
>> pressure on it, and I was looking for thoughts of how it might do in 
>> flight and if there is anything I should look into changing (i.e. 
>> larger springs, etc.)
>>
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>>  Richard
>>
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