Kevin=2C
The springs didn't work for me. My bungee had been mounted for about 7 year
s (never gave any trouble) it seemed an excellent idea to switch to the spr
ings.
It really dpends which fields you are operating from. I am based at a fairl
y bumpy grass field=2C and the springs turn the aircraft into a bucking bro
nco. Especially on landing=2C unless you push the stick forward=2C
the nose can oscillate to the point where control could be lost by an inexp
erienced pilot.
A bungee is far better for absorbing shock and much more forgiving.
So I recently changed back=2C but had a problem with getting the bungee as
tight as I had before=2C and I now have what to me is the ideal solution: a
spring on one side and a bungee on the other side=2C plus the safety cable
. I should mention one incident with the new bungee=2C where the safety cab
le cut through two strands of the bungee=2C with the safety cable sving me
---From a prop strike. So now I have all the safety plus the comfort.
If you are not operating on rough terrain=2C then you shouldn't have to wor
ry with the springs.
Regarding mono versus trigear=2C someone mentioned the better cruise perfor
mance of the mono. Perhaps there is a small advantage but note that it was
a trigear that has flown around the world a couple of times=2C with very ec
onomical fuel consumption and a basic 912. It also made more 'local' flight
s from CA to Alaska and the Bahamas.
The weight advantage is also theoretical. I noticed that some of the more r
ecent monos came in with a higher weight than my tri.
Karl
<html><div></div>> From: ksiggery@mac.com> To: europa-list@matronics
.com> Subject: Re: Europa-List: Mono or Tri-Gear=2C what to choose?Mono or
Tri-Gear=2C what to choose...further question..> Date: Mon=2C 25 Aug 2008 0
@mac.com>> > kind of a corollary to the question=3B assuming you then have
a tri-gear > (as we do=3B G-ROOV) what is the opinion of people when consid
ering the > bungee nosewheel system compared to the spring system? (we have
==> > >
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