Hi all,
I have been following the thread on the monowheel landing gear strut
(Mod 51) with great interest and I am planning to perform a full check
and refurbishment of the landing gear this winter. I need to replace
the rubber block as the airplane is now sitting significantly lower
than before. A the same time I would love to save some weight with
getting rid of the hydraulic dampers. I noticed that among aircraft
using rubber blocks such as Lancairs, Jodels, Mooneys, none is using
hydraulic dampers, so I am questioning the usefulness of the dampers
on the Europa.
Has anyone experienced flying the Monowheel without the dampers ?
Regards
Remi Guerner
F-PGKL
XS Monowheel, 780 hours
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