Gee, that kinda puts me on the spot. They pay me money for this stuff. I'm not sure I should be handing it out the back door before the issue even hits the streets
They aren't really secrets though.
Pilot technique has a lot to do with shimmy. Properly overhauled nose gears start solid and get looser. If a bunch of pilots are flying a plane, almost no one will experience shimmy at first, then a few pilots, then more, then everyone. At some point it will go to the shop. It's how people fly that determines where in the cycle they experience shimmy.
You can land gently on the mains and then still rotate nose down fast enough to put the strut seals at risk.
Forgetting to trim in the pattern makes it hard to land at the proper airspeed and makes the plane rotate quickly onto the nosegear at the slightest relaxation of yoke pressure.
Almost every pilot flying was trained in and transitioning from taildraggers when the 172 vintage aircraft were designed. Landing nose high was second nature.
Please, no flames or responses to this quick summary unless you've read the article. I'm only going to discuss on the basis of my full presentation.
I find "Aviation Safety" the best of the mags I read. No ads, solid and to the point stuff. No fluff. I enjoy "Flying" and "AOPA Pilot" as entertainment but A.S. is more interesting and makes me a better pilot.
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Roger Long
Peter R. wrote in message ...
Roger Long om) wrote:
1) Why is nose wheel shimmy usually reported by only two or three club
members and no one else is having a problem?
2) How can you grease a landing and still abuse your nose strut?
3) What is the relationship between trim setting and flat strut syndrome?
4) What has changed in the aviation environment since the nose gears most of
fly were designed?
You piqued my curiosity. Any chance you might answer those questions here
for those of us who don't subscribe?
Additionally, is Aviation Monthly a periodical worth the price of
subscription? I already receive AOPA Pilot, Flying, Plane and Pilot, NTSB
Reporter, and IFR Magazine. Does it contain pertinent articles not found
in any of these magazines?
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Peter
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