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Re: Europa-List: Monowheel landing gear damage

Subject: Re: Europa-List: Monowheel landing gear damage
From: Graham Singleton <grahamsingleton@btinternet.com>
Date: Tue, 7 Nov 2006 16:05:21

David
tell Adrian to take the shock cord out anyway, it probably needs 
adjusting. Too dangerous and awkard with it in place. Then strip the 
gear down.
He might find the bottom tube of the LG01 is bent or cracked which will 
mean replacing that too.
Graham

David Corbett wrote:

> A locally owned monowheel (not mine!) has suffered a hard landing. The 
> 2 pivot pins attaching the LG08s to the shock absorber top plate LG05 
> have been badly bent. Is there any way of getting these bent pins out 
> without a complete undercarriage strip down?
>
> What other damage is the engineer/inspector likely to find?
>
> The engine has to come out of this airframe, anyway, to change its 
> sprag clutch  it is a classic engine installation.
>
> Any tips gratefully received. Presumably, if the LG08s are detached, 
> the landing gear can no longer be locked down, and the swinging arm 
> will have to be held down with weights if the shockcord is to remain 
> untouched? I ask these questions because this is the first landing 
> gear damage that the engineer  Adrian Lloyd  has worked on.
>
> David
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