Hi Ira
I agree totally with Tim. In fact in the last 15 years since my mono
has been flying I have never noticed any tendency to tip the nose down
on braking regardless of the G of G.
You just need soft hands on the ailerons to keep the wings level. If
you over control and push the outrigger into the surface then it affects
the C of G, unloads the tail wheel and a ground loop is waiting to happen.
Having owned a share in a Cub I think the mono is neither harder nor
easier just different.
Pete
G-RMAC #109
On 01/04/17 18:15, houlihan tim wrote:
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> Hi Ira
>
> "Prop strikes on Mono's are common". What makes you say that ?
>
> In the UK there is no noticeable difference between aircraft insurance
> premiums for tri gear and mono, which tells you something .
>
> Sure if you brake hard while turning you can upset things but the
> accident rate is very similar for both types.
>
> I have had my 912 mono classic flying for 15 years now and yes I broke
> a prop ( only once) but as I attempted to land rounding out about ten
> feet too high I blame the pilot (me) not the configuration , indeed in
> a similar situation a tri gear would not only have damaged the prop
> but also the nosewheel.
>
> Better pilots than me have described the mono as no more difficult to
> operate than a piper cub, Having only been a passenger in a cub I
> cannot give an opinion on that.
>
> The mono is a tail wheel aeroplane and behaves like one,
>
> regards
>
> Tim
>
> G-BZTH
>
>
>> On 01 April 2017 at 17:30 rampil <ira.rampil@gmail.com> wrote:
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>> To further your consideration, the mono wheel also has a spinny thing
>> on the front end which is absent from most gliders. Prop strikes are also
>> common with monowheels. Depending on you CG loading, a tap on
>> the brake might just rock you forward! Fortunately (if one can say
>> that in this context), the combination of carbon fiber prop and
>> Rotax gear box usually prevents expensive engine damage.
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>> Ira N224XS
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>> Read this topic online here:
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>> http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=467914#467914
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