wheel."
Yeah, but not as slow as I like. :)
PS - How do you fit 12 aluminum rivets per side? The 5 are pretty mushed
together as-is.
guy truex wrote:
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> The tail wheel mount was designed to be like a fuse. It is mounted
> with rivets to protect the tail boom tube from damage. It is meant to
> loosen or shear off if it strikes the ground too hard.
>
> It was originally designed to be held in place with 5 steel rivets on
> each side. The rivets should be SD45BS Pop brand rivets (shear
> strength 295 lbs.). It is acceptable to back the rivets with thin 1/8
> inch steel washers although it's not necessary.
>
> Aluminum rivets will shear very easily and should not be used. The
> steel rivets will hold under normal loads- like rolling along on the
> ground while the plane is being pushed. Any tail wheel strike upon
> landing could result in loosened rivets.
>
> Your flying skills are probably fine. Adjusting your technique so the
> pitch attitude will be a little lower at touchdown will help a lot.
> Just adding a couple of MPH on short final should make it happen.
> Holding the nose wheel off the ground after landing will provide a lot
> of dynamic braking and the plane should slow quickly. It is possible
> to consistently land a Titan without striking the tail wheel.
>
> -- Guy
>
> --- On Wed, 9/2/09, gregburcham18 <gregburcham18@yahoo.com
> <mailto:gregburcham18%40yahoo.com>> wrote:
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> From: gregburcham18 <gregburcham18@yahoo.com
> <mailto:gregburcham18%40yahoo.com>>
> Subject: [Titanaircraft] tail wheel
> To: Titanaircraft@yahoogroups.com <mailto:Titanaircraft%40yahoogroups.com>
> Date: Wednesday, September 2, 2009, 2:35 PM
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>
> Could someone please give me an alternative to the tail wheel? My tail
> wheel is secured via 12 aluminum rivets per side which pops right off
> anytime it is even slightly bumped (sometimes I don't even know it is
> gone until I get out of the aircraft). I hate this thing!
>
> Any suggestions (mechanical, not flying skills) would be greatly
> appreciated.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Greg
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