ventus c main wheel mudguard attachment

[Martynas Bykovas]

Hello,

i plan to install mudguard on main wheel. I have mudguard itself but it is not clear how/what it should be exactly attached to.
I found wheel including mudguard drawings for cirrus however i doubt there is the same attachment principle for ventus c.
I would be grateful if someone could share wheel/suspension/mudguard drawings or pics.

BR,
Martynas

[Scott Williams[_2_]]

On Monday, January 13, 2020 at 9:29:53 AM UTC-6, Martynas Bykovas wrote:
> Hello,
>
> i plan to install mudguard on main wheel. I have mudguard itself but it is not clear how/what it should be exactly attached to.
> I found wheel including mudguard drawings for cirrus however i doubt there is the same attachment principle for ventus c.
> I would be grateful if someone could share wheel/suspension/mudguard drawings or pics.
>
> BR,
> Martynas

I have pictures of a ventus A model gear, If it is the same.
Scott

[Martynas Bykovas]

On Monday, 13 January 2020 17:49:24 UTC+2, Scott Williams wrote:
> On Monday, January 13, 2020 at 9:29:53 AM UTC-6, Martynas Bykovas wrote:
> > Hello,
> >
> > i plan to install mudguard on main wheel. I have mudguard itself but it is not clear how/what it should be exactly attached to.
> > I found wheel including mudguard drawings for cirrus however i doubt there is the same attachment principle for ventus c.
> > I would be grateful if someone could share wheel/suspension/mudguard drawings or pics.
> >
> > BR,
> > Martynas
>
> I have pictures of a ventus A model gear, If it is the same.
> Scott

I believe it should be the same.

Martynas

[Martynas Bykovas]

On Monday, 13 January 2020 17:49:24 UTC+2, Scott Williams wrote:
> On Monday, January 13, 2020 at 9:29:53 AM UTC-6, Martynas Bykovas wrote:
> > Hello,
> >
> > i plan to install mudguard on main wheel. I have mudguard itself but it is not clear how/what it should be exactly attached to.
> > I found wheel including mudguard drawings for cirrus however i doubt there is the same attachment principle for ventus c.
> > I would be grateful if someone could share wheel/suspension/mudguard drawings or pics.
> >
> > BR,
> > Martynas
>
> I have pictures of a ventus A model gear, If it is the same.
> Scott

Thanks for the pictures Scott, - to my surprise ventus c (b) has different suspension. "H" shaped forks are not metal but glass fiber, also no shock absorber.

BR,
Martynas

[Mike N.]

Scott can you send pictures to me as well?
I was just looking at this on my Ventus C over the weekend.
Mikelleen AT gmail...

[Dennis Cavagnaro]

Ventus B’s don’t have shock absorbers.

DC

[Martynas Bykovas]

On Tuesday, 14 January 2020 16:53:53 UTC+2, Dennis Cavagnaro wrote:
> Ventus B’s don’t have shock absorbers.
>
> DC

Yes, same as ventus c's.

BR,
Martynas

[JS[_5_]]

On Tuesday, January 14, 2020 at 7:15:18 AM UTC-8, Martynas Bykovas wrote:
> On Tuesday, 14 January 2020 16:53:53 UTC+2, Dennis Cavagnaro wrote:
> > Ventus B’s don’t have shock absorbers.
> >
> > DC
>
> Yes, same as ventus c's.
>
> BR,
> Martynas

Not sure why you'd want to replace the "mud guard". From experience, if you land in a muddy field it jams the wheel. Best left out?
Jim

[Scott Williams[_2_]]

On Monday, January 13, 2020 at 9:29:53 AM UTC-6, Martynas Bykovas wrote:
> Hello,
>
> i plan to install mudguard on main wheel. I have mudguard itself but it is not clear how/what it should be exactly attached to.
> I found wheel including mudguard drawings for cirrus however i doubt there is the same attachment principle for ventus c.
> I would be grateful if someone could share wheel/suspension/mudguard drawings or pics.
>
> BR,
> Martynas

I think the fender would minimize dirt, gravel and other debris from being thrown up into the wheel well and underside of the fuselage, "mudguard"? I wonder if that nomenclature is just a translation expediency
Scott

[[email protected]]

On Monday, January 13, 2020 at 10:29:53 AM UTC-5, Martynas Bykovas wrote:
> Hello,
>
> i plan to install mudguard on main wheel. I have mudguard itself but it is not clear how/what it should be exactly attached to.
> I found wheel including mudguard drawings for cirrus however i doubt there is the same attachment principle for ventus c.
> I would be grateful if someone could share wheel/suspension/mudguard drawings or pics.
>
> BR,
> Martynas

While you are fooling with the mudguard be sure to check the locknuts on the overcenter limit bolts. I had a forced gear up landing with my Ventus CM several weeks ago because a loose locknut allowed the limit bolt to vibrate out about 1/8 in which was enough to prevent the handle to reach the detent.Fortunately I had a thick grass runway so no damage.

[Martynas Bykovas]

The reason i am installing fender is to minimise amount of debris.
Thought mudguard is appropriate word, sorry, i am not native english speaker.

[Martin Gregorie[_6_]]

On Wed, 15 Jan 2020 10:49:37 -0800, Martynas Bykovas wrote:

> The reason i am installing fender is to minimise amount of debris.
> Thought mudguard is appropriate word, sorry, i am not native english
> speaker.

'fender; has a lot of meanings including a rope mat put between a boat
and a dock to avoid damage to the boat, the skirt-like thing on the front
of a railway locomotive and, mainly by Americans, the thin shaped sheet
metal or plastic part used to prevent a wheel from spraying water, mud or
gravel onto the rest of the vehicle. The rest of the english speaking
world calls the last item a mudguard, so call it whatever suits you best.


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[Dan Marotta]

When I was growing up we called that thing a "cow catcher".

No worries about not being a native English speaker.Â* We understood.

On 1/15/2020 1:43 PM, Martin Gregorie wrote:
> the skirt-like thing on the front
> of a railway locomotive

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Dan, 5J

[Martin Gregorie[_6_]]

On Wed, 15 Jan 2020 15:59:17 -0700, Dan Marotta wrote:

> When I was growing up we called that thing a "cow catcher".
>
So did we in NZ.

The use of 'fender' for a cow-catcher as something I found in a
dictionary. I also knew of 'fender' as a nautical term for both the rope
mat thing used between two ships of ship and wharf and for horizontal
chunks of wood mounted on piers and wharfs.


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[Chris Behm]

Most vessel fenders are inflated plastic balls or cylinders with a line attached.
Rope mats are rarely used any more, even on tug boats.
Tugs generally have large used aircraft tires as fenders, or sometimes closely folded flaps of sheet rubber, attached around the bow, from one side to the other, like a giant piece of terrible tasting ribbon candy.
Regards,
Chris
Navy test range auxiliary vessel "Swiss Ladder-120

[Dan Marotta]

Old tires (tyres) work as boat fenders, too. ;-)

On 1/15/2020 4:08 PM, Martin Gregorie wrote:
> On Wed, 15 Jan 2020 15:59:17 -0700, Dan Marotta wrote:
>
>> When I was growing up we called that thing a "cow catcher".
>>
> So did we in NZ.
>
> The use of 'fender' for a cow-catcher as something I found in a
> dictionary. I also knew of 'fender' as a nautical term for both the rope
> mat thing used between two ships of ship and wharf and for horizontal
> chunks of wood mounted on piers and wharfs.
>
>

--
Dan, 5J

[Martin Gregorie[_6_]]

On Thu, 16 Jan 2020 10:37:09 -0700, Dan Marotta wrote:

> Old tires (tyres) work as boat fenders, too. ;-)
>
Yep, been there, done that.

Using aircraft tyres is a new one for me, though.


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