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Re: Europa-List: removal of nylon outrigger legs

Subject: Re: Europa-List: removal of nylon outrigger legs
From: jim Brown <acrojim@cfl.rr.com>
Date: Sat, 11 Aug 2007 17:04:51
Niels

Try puting 25 or 30 psi in the tire.

 The original tire supplied with my kit was also the old 800 x 6. I 
operate off a paved runway and the tires rubbed the sides of the gear 
legs on landing. The higher pressure gave me a little extra clearance 
between the gear leg and the tire. I replaced that tire with a 700 x6 
6ply rating. It makes the a/c ground handling much better.

Jim Brown
N398JB
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Niels Kock 
  To: europa-list@matronics.com 
  Sent: Wednesday, August 08, 2007 2:46 PM
  Subject: Re: Europa-List: removal of nylon outrigger legs


  Remi.
  I encountered the same problem in a similar situation. Your intellect 
will not serve you well
  here, you have to resort to brute force:

  Put a bolt fitting the axle holes of the fork through the 2 holes. The 
bolt must be long enough to extend 
  at least 3-4 centimeters either side of the wheel fork.
  Then strike the bolt with many small strikes parallel to the leg, on 
alternate sides of the fork,
   and you will see the fork moving gradually off the leg. At least I 
did.

  Now, I have a problem:
  I've just put on a new mono-tyre, McReady Air-trac 8.00 x 6. pumped  
to 15 psi.
  It turns out that the tyre is in contact with the sides of the wheel 
leg, emitting sgueals during taxy like a couple
  of fighting piglets.
  It is not only the pensive looks from stewardesses and other 
impression-worthy groups connected to
  aviation that bothers me, when I pass them by, squealing insanely, it 
is also the palpable temperature of the
  sides of the tyre after taxying to the hangar.
  Imagine the loss of face and money, if the squealing progress comes to 
an abrupt halt with an almighty
   thunderclap from a burst inner tube in front of an awe-struck crowd!

  Apart from parting with another 100 =A3 buying a 7.00 x 6 tyre, is 
there any possibility of splaying the UC-leg 
  about one mm each side? I already have untightened the central bolt 
through the hub a couple of threads.
  To no avail.
  Any suggestions?   

  Niels Kock
  OY-ODA
  Mono Classic
    ----- Original Message ----- 
    From: Remi Guerner 
    To: europa-list@matronics.com 
    Sent: Wednesday, August 08, 2007 6:51 PM
    Subject: Europa-List: removal of nylon outrigger legs


    Hello all,

    I just received my monowheel speed kit.  I tried to remove the 
outrigger OR3 fork to install the fairings. No way. Then I tried to 
remove the nylon leg from OR1. Impossible. May be  the nylon has 
expanded with aging . Any suggestion ?   

    Remi Guerner

    F-PGKL, XS S/N395 monowheel,  912S, Airmaster, 510 hours  


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