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Mark.Summers(at)lwbref.co
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Posted: Wed Jan 25, 2006 6:11 pm Post subject: bungee gear toe in

I am replacing both tube gear on my KF 2 with recently purchased used gear.

Both gear look undamaged at all, but the left gear looks to be toed in

[more upright] than the right. May sound stupid but if this is the case

could this be fixed by putting a thicker rubber cushion on the bungee end

to keep the gear from pulling as far up when the bungees are tight? Has

anyone ever tried this or have any opinions, from reading some of the

archives this seems to have been a fairly common problem. Thanks Mark

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7suds(at)Chartermi.net
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Posted: Wed Jan 25, 2006 8:54 pm Post subject: bungee gear toe in

Mark,

I had a model IV with the tube gear, be it right or wrong I used a pipe over 

my axle to torque the gear leg to the desired position. The tire standing 

more upright I think is actually referred to the camber of which I set mine 

to straight up with the bungie tight. The toe in which I reference as the 

distance between the front of the tires tighter than the distance between 

the rear of the tires I set to straight to slightly toed out. My reasoning 

for this was from my days racing snowmobiles and setting up the skis, If you 

have the skis toed in (fronts closed than the rear) and were making a left 

turn and had your weight thrown so it loaded the outside ski your machine 

would dart left while your body inertia was heading right and off you go. I 

think we can apply the same reasoning to the landing gear especially with 

the wings hanging out there it is easy to get one wheel loaded more than the 

other as the plane rocks and roll out or if you land slightly crabbed I 

think you can experience the same thing. Either way that is how and why I 

set my gear the way I did, I flew it for over 4 years in all weather and 

field conditions and never had an incident or on set of a ground loop. I am 

sure others will chime in with their experiences (and I hope they do) Enjoy.

Lloyd

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Mark.Summers(at)lwbref.co
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Posted: Thu Jan 26, 2006 3:53 am Post subject: bungee gear toe in

Come to think of it your are right and my terminology is wrong. I hope I

don't have a toe in problem also but the left gear looks to be a more

upright angle than the right and the left tire is on the outboard edge

where the right tire is pretty much flat on the ground. I have read where

some have bent the gear like you did, but the way my luck is going I am

hesitant to give it a go. I kinda figured if I could essentially shim the

thing from getting horizontal along the bottom of the cabin it may do the

same thing. Looking for opinions and appreciate your feedback. Thanks Mark

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lcfitt(at)sbcglobal.net
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Posted: Thu Jan 26, 2006 7:01 am Post subject: bungee gear toe in

LLoyd,  My understanding also and your snowmobile experience is a good 

analogy on the destabilizing effect of toe in.



Lowell



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7suds(at)Chartermi.net
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Posted: Thu Jan 26, 2006 3:21 pm Post subject: bungee gear toe in

Mark,

Only thing I can think  of about shimming is if it needs allot it will make 

that leg shorter to the ground and farther out from center causing the plane 

to sit tilted on the runway and the centerline of the aircraft to be offset 

from the centerline of the gear. Again it would depend how much you needed 

to shim it.

Lloyd

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