Return-Path: Sender: (Marvin Kaye) To: lml Date: Fri, 11 Oct 2002 14:02:10 -0400 Message-ID: X-Original-Return-Path: Received: from out008.verizon.net ([206.46.170.108] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.0b9) with ESMTP id 1803268 for lml@lancaironline.net; Fri, 11 Oct 2002 13:41:10 -0400 Received: from tgourley ([4.46.206.82]) by out008.verizon.net (InterMail vM.5.01.05.09 201-253-122-126-109-20020611) with SMTP id <20021011174110.TEKW19644.out008.verizon.net@tgourley> for ; Fri, 11 Oct 2002 12:41:10 -0500 X-Original-Message-ID: <000601c2714c$7b2264e0$6401a8c0@dslverizon.net> From: "Tom Gourley" X-Original-To: Subject: Legacy nose gear and glare shield X-Original-Date: Fri, 11 Oct 2002 10:34:40 -0700 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_0003_01C27111.CE4E0EC0" X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4807.1700 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4807.1700 This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0003_01C27111.CE4E0EC0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable I've recently seen a couple of references to the Legacy glare shield. = It appears it simply does not fit -- not even close. I know of two = builders who have put several hours into trying to adapt the glare = shield. Both gave up. One of them made a glare shield from scratch, = the other is considering cutting up the part from Lancair and rebuilding = it. I know Lancair has been made aware of this but I haven't heard what = they plan to do about it. Last week I installed the nose gear on my Legacy and ran into an = interesting problem. The manual says to position the bearing blocks so = that there is between 1 and 5 degrees of forward rake on the nose gear = strut. When I positioned mine for 1.5 degrees of forward rake the nose = gear would not fully retract. The U-shaped bend in the tubular portion = of the over center link would make contact with the oleo and the whole = mechanism would bind. I had to back off to 0.5 degreess of rake for = everything to work properly. I called Lancair and talked it over with = Carsten and Tim Ong. Their conclusion was that it was ok to go down to = 0 degrees of rake if needed. =20 Tom Gourley L2K #122 tom.gourley@verizon.net ------=_NextPart_000_0003_01C27111.CE4E0EC0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

I've recently seen a couple of = references to the=20 Legacy glare shield. It appears it simply does not fit -- not even = close. I know of two builders who have put several hours into = trying to=20 adapt the glare shield. Both gave up. One of them made a = glare=20 shield from scratch, the other is considering cutting up the part from = Lancair=20 and rebuilding it. I know Lancair has been made aware of this but = I=20 haven't heard what they plan to do about it.

Last week I installed the nose = gear on my=20 Legacy and ran into an interesting problem. The manual says to = position=20 the bearing blocks so that there is between 1 and 5 degrees of forward = rake on=20 the nose gear strut. When I positioned mine for 1.5 degrees of = forward=20 rake the nose gear would not fully retract. The U-shaped bend in = the=20 tubular portion of the over center link would make contact with the oleo = and the=20 whole mechanism would bind. I had to back off to 0.5 degreess of = rake for=20 everything to work properly. I called Lancair and talked it over = with=20 Carsten and Tim Ong. Their conclusion was that it was ok to go = down to 0=20 degrees of rake if needed.

Tom Gourley

L2K #122

tom.gourley@verizon.net

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