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> Hello David
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> "The airplane has gained some weight
> since the outrigger installation (paint, interior, etc.), and
> I suspect that the bungees have stretched a bit as well."
>
> You posted that the bungees may have stretched a bit causing
> the aeroplane to sit lower.
>
> I have a XS Monowheel and the bungee arrangement is used to
> aid in holding the wheel in the up position, in other words
> to counter undercarriage weight. The spring provided is a
> large lump of stiff black rubber type stuff that gets
> compressed (Polyurathene?). It gets wider as you compress it
> and therefore gives what i think is a progressive action. I
> have yet to fully assemble gear.
>
> Anyway, curious do you have a monowheel, perhaps a Classic
> that uses bungee as its main spring as well? Or did older XS
> have bungee?
You're absolutely right. Settling would be due to increased compression of
the springy block, not to bungee stretching, in our monowheel XS.
Dave DeFord
N135TD
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