Difference between revisions of "Millin Factory Shimmy Dampener"
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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. | ||
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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. | ||
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| + | Image:Andy_Shimmy_1.jpg|Installing Roll pin | ||
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| + | Image:Andy_Shimmy_2.jpg|Mount dampener | ||
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== Rene Dugas == | == 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/> | ||
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| + | Those who have not had a bad one beware it is violent. Not like a Cessna. <br/> | ||
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Rene | Rene | ||
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[[Image:Rene Shimmy Small.JPG|Retract version installed on Rene' Dugas' N129RD]] | [[Image:Rene Shimmy Small.JPG|Retract version installed on Rene' Dugas' N129RD]] | ||
Revision as of 23:53, 10 September 2012
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.
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.
Installing Roll pin
Mount dampener
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.
Those who have not had a bad one beware it is violent. Not like a Cessna.
Rene
