Millin Factory Shimmy Dampener - Revision history

AndyMillin at 22:05, 4 January 2013

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Bferrell at 23:57, 10 September 2012

2012-09-10T23:57:33Z

Bferrell at 23:57, 10 September 2012

2012-09-10T23:57:12Z

Bferrell at 23:56, 10 September 2012

2012-09-10T23:56:56Z

Bferrell at 23:56, 10 September 2012

2012-09-10T23:56:34Z

Bferrell: /* Rene Dugas */

2012-09-10T23:53:57Z

Rene Dugas

Bferrell: /* Rene Dugas */

2012-09-10T23:53:46Z

Rene Dugas

Bferrell at 23:53, 10 September 2012

2012-09-10T23:53:11Z

Bferrell: /* Rene Dugas */

2012-09-10T20:02:03Z

Rene Dugas

Bferrell: /* Rene Dugas */

2012-09-10T20:01:50Z

Rene Dugas

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-Andy Millin worked with the factory to prove out this design, with some input from Velocity motorcycle racer Bill Mulrooney.  It's a motorcycle shimmy dampener from Scott mounted on the nose fork.<br/>
+Andy Millin worked with the factory to prove out this design, with some input from Velocity motorcycle racer Bill Mulrooney.  It's a  damper from Scotts Performance mounted on the nose fork.<br/>
 First you must drill the gear leg and insert a roll pin, or ship your gear leg back to the factory and have them do it.  The only thing I don't like is not being able to rotate the gearleg 180 degrees, an issue that apparently was resolved somehow on the retract.<br/>
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 |Installing Roll pin
-|Mount dampener
+|Mount damper
 |}
 == Rene Dugas ==
-Just got my Dampier back and mounted. Looks real cute. Easy taxi  now. Thought some might wish to zoom in on the tire to see how violent a  shimmy can be. All the cross hatching is result of recent mild shimmy.  35# pressure in tire and 15 # of tension measured with a fish gage just  before flight. Solo flight, 3/4 fuel, smooth runway. Slight cross wind  crab corrected well I thought. 600 hrs in Velocity. <br/>
+Just got my Damper back and mounted. Looks real cute. Easy taxi  now. Thought some might wish to zoom in on the tire to see how violent a  shimmy can be. All the cross hatching is result of recent mild shimmy.  35# pressure in tire and 15 # of tension measured with a fish gage just  before flight. Solo flight, 3/4 fuel, smooth runway. Slight cross wind  crab corrected well I thought. 600 hrs in Velocity. <br/>
 Those who have not had a bad one beware it is violent. Not like a Cessna.  <br/>

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-Andy Millin worked with the factory to prove out this design, with some input from Velocity motorcycle racer Bill Mulrooney.  It's a motorcycle shimmy dampener from Scott mounted on the nose fork.
+Andy Millin worked with the factory to prove out this design, with some input from Velocity motorcycle racer Bill Mulrooney.  It's a motorcycle shimmy dampener from Scott mounted on the nose fork.<br/>
-First you must drill the gear leg and insert a roll pin, or ship your gear leg back to the factory and have them do it.  The only thing I don't like is not being able to rotate the gearleg 180 degrees, an issue that apparently was resolved somehow on the retract.
+First you must drill the gear leg and insert a roll pin, or ship your gear leg back to the factory and have them do it.  The only thing I don't like is not being able to rotate the gearleg 180 degrees, an issue that apparently was resolved somehow on the retract.<br/>
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-|[[Image:Andy_Shimmy_1.jpg|200px]]
+|[[Image:Andy_Shimmy_1.jpg|300px]]
-|[[Image:Andy_Shimmy_2.jpg|300px]]
+|[[Image:Andy_Shimmy_2.jpg|500px]]
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 |Installing Roll pin

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-|[[Image:Andy_Shimmy_1.jpg|250px]]
+|[[Image:Andy_Shimmy_1.jpg|200px]]
+|[[Image:Andy_Shimmy_2.jpg|300px]]
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 |Installing Roll pin
 |Mount dampener
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 First you must drill the gear leg and insert a roll pin, or ship your gear leg back to the factory and have them do it.  The only thing I don't like is not being able to rotate the gearleg 180 degrees, an issue that apparently was resolved somehow on the retract.
-<gallery>
+{| cellpadding="10" cellspacing="30" align="center" style="text-align:center;"
-Image:Andy_Shimmy_1.jpg|Installing Roll pin
+|[[Image:Andy_Shimmy_2.jpg|250px]]
 |Mount dampener
-Image:Andy_Shimmy_2.jpg|Mount dampener
+|}
 == Rene Dugas ==

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 == Rene Dugas ==
 Just got my Dampier back and mounted. Looks real cute. Easy taxi  now. Thought some might wish to zoom in on the tire to see how violent a  shimmy can be. All the cross hatching is result of recent mild shimmy.  35# pressure in tire and 15 # of tension measured with a fish gage just  before flight. Solo flight, 3/4 fuel, smooth runway. Slight cross wind  crab corrected well I thought. 600 hrs in Velocity. <br/>
 Those who have not had a bad one beware it is violent. Not like a Cessna.  <br/>
 Rene<br/>
 [[Media:Scott Shimmy Dampener.pdf|Scott Brochure]]<br/>
 [[Image:Rene Shimmy Small.JPG|Retract version installed on Rene' Dugas' N129RD]]
 [[Image:Scott Dampener.jpg|300px]]