REFLECTOR: Nose Lift

[doug.holub at tx.rr.com]

It looks flimsy to me, too. Like spindly legs on a stork. But I am amazed at how strong it is. It's made from solid S-glass that is post cured. I've seen it support hundreds of pounds in the horizontal position without any noticeable flexing. 

One complaint I've heard from Cozy owners is that it's kind of bouncy when it taxis. Because of the geometry, when the gear scissor compresses it moves the nose wheel back, which adds more weight to the nose wheel, which compresses the gear some more. So there's some positive feedback working there.

I've heard that Cozy owners also have problems with shimmy, but they don't have as much weight on their nose wheel, so maybe it's not as much as a problem. I added a wheel lock like Ken Mishler's mostly to make sure the wheel isn't cocked when it retracts, but it might help with any shimmy problems, too.

Doug
---- John Dibble <aminetech at bluefrog.com> wrote: 
> I'm sure these are well designed, but they look like they would snap in two in a hard landing.  Do they absorb shocks better?  How about shimmy, is that still an issue?
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> John
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> doug.holub at tx.rr.com wrote:
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> > I'm using the same nose lift that was designed for the Cozy (Jack Wilhelmson's), but Jack made the spring stiffer because there's more weight on the nose of a Velocity than there is on the nose of a Cozy. Hope it works. I've attached a few pictures.
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> > Doug
> > ---- Dave Philipsen <velocity at davebiz.com> wrote:
> > > "Standard FG w/electric nose lift"?  Is that like a Cozy?
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> > > doug.holub at tx.rr.com wrote:
> > > > My gas spring ...
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> > > > Doug Holub
> > > > Standard FG w/ electric nose lift
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