Return-Path: Sender: (Marvin Kaye) To: lml Date: Fri, 24 Jan 2003 09:58:37 -0500 Message-ID: X-Original-Return-Path: Received: from gw.nnsy.navy.mil ([199.208.213.35] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.0.5) with ESMTP id 1996572 for lml@lancaironline.net; Fri, 24 Jan 2003 06:44:12 -0500 Received: (from uucp@localhost) by gw.nnsy.navy.mil (8.12.6/8.12.6) id h0OBiDkf025822 for ; Fri, 24 Jan 2003 06:44:13 -0500 (EST) X-Original-Message-ID: From: Rumburg William J NNSY X-Original-To: "'Lancair Mailing List'" Subject: RE: [LML] Re: LNC2 Nose Gear Drag Link X-Original-Date: Fri, 24 Jan 2003 06:44:54 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.5.2653.19) Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" X-Loop-Check: X-Loop-Check-FW: During flight, main links hold up their weight, nose holds up its weight on a longer arm plus force of gas spring. Am I overy cautious? Scott Krueger N92EX Improperly executed (or uncompensated) crosswind landings at 80 mph and 30 mph turns off the runway produce tremendous loads on the main gear. Without any calculations, I'm certain that main gear overcenter link loads are MUCH greater than the small load on the nose gear link! (not that any Lancair pilots would ever do those things!) Bill Rumburg N403WR (Sonic bOOm)