Hi Roddy, It would have been quite an adventure if it had broken on landing as the rudder jams firmly to one side!! I am thinking of a bit better security for the tailwheel spring and will float it b
Hi Barry, Glad to hear you didn't sustain any damage to your plane. Typ ical of other Mono folks I too bent my tail wheel bolt which led me to c reating the following mod I performed over 10 years ag
Awesome solution. Thx! e: r Mono folks I too bent my tail wheel bolt which led me to creating the foll owing mod I performed over 10 years ago. Never had a problem since. The or iginal design relies
This is my slightly modified tailwheel spring front mounting bolt arrangement. An extra piece of aluminium across the top with redux/ flox built up either side of the spring to support it. The extra
Hi Eric & John, It looks as if you both came to the same solution with differing ways to do it. Both good and a great improvement on the standard design. Barry -- Barry Tennant D-EHBT At EDLM - Germa
I agree that these are really good solutions, so thank you Eric and John. They address the issue that the bolt no longer has bending mode, but also the issue that both Barry and I had in that the bol
The bolt failures are the symptom of the problem not the cause! The problem is the plywood stack that the tail spring sits on. During the build, the plywood is sheathed in waterproof epoxy, but then
Author: NEEL Jean Philippe <jeanphilippeneel@yahoo.fr>
Date: Sat, 15 Sep 2018 05:02:09
Bonjour ErichCould=C2- you please send me a drawing with cotation of your interesting solution?MerciJean-Philippe NEELN=C2=B0 273 F-PSLHFrance Le Mardi 11 septembre 2018 22h54, Erich Trombley <erichd
A nice description of the cause and effect. The actual root cause is poor design. A Design which takes rolling loads as differential bending would be so much better. This could be achieved with 2 bol
differential bending would be so much better. This could be achieved with 2 bolts although it would need a T shaped end. A T shaped end might be a bit tricky to get through the ole in the fin close o
A good synopsis Nigel. My bolt was nowhere as rusty as yours, just showing a light surface corrosion, but the root cause is certainly the ability of water to ingress into the wood allowing bending of
Hi Group I was in contact with Nev on this subject and he warned against making the tailwheel spring too "STUCK" to the fuse. He said it's OK to make things a little stronger, but if yo make things "