X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com Return-Path: Sender: To: lml@lancaironline.net Date: Sun, 26 Aug 2007 00:08:12 -0400 Message-ID: X-Original-Return-Path: Received: from bay0-omc1-s41.bay0.hotmail.com ([65.54.246.113] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.1.11) with ESMTP id 2284737 for lml@lancaironline.net; Sat, 25 Aug 2007 19:26:12 -0400 Received-SPF: pass receiver=logan.com; client-ip=65.54.246.113; envelope-from=joscales98@hotmail.com Received: from hotmail.com ([65.55.135.20]) by bay0-omc1-s41.bay0.hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.2668); Sat, 25 Aug 2007 16:25:35 -0700 Received: from mail pickup service by hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC; Sat, 25 Aug 2007 16:25:35 -0700 X-Original-Message-ID: Received: from 75.81.226.134 by BAY130-DAV10.phx.gbl with DAV; Sat, 25 Aug 2007 23:25:33 +0000 X-Originating-IP: [75.81.226.134] X-Originating-Email: [joscales98@hotmail.com] X-Sender: joscales98@hotmail.com From: "Jim Scales" X-Original-To: "Lancair Mailing List" References: Subject: Re: [LML] Re: ES Strut issues X-Original-Date: Sat, 25 Aug 2007 18:25:38 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_000D_01C7E745.55E41880" X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: MSN 9 Seal-Send-Time: Sat, 25 Aug 2007 18:25:38 -0500 X-MimeOLE: Produced By MSN MimeOLE V9.50.0039.1900 X-OriginalArrivalTime: 25 Aug 2007 23:25:35.0321 (UTC) FILETIME=[3CF1BC90:01C7E76F] X-Original-Return-Path: joscales98@hotmail.com This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_000D_01C7E745.55E41880 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Tell me what you experience as far as control input, butt feel, visual = and any other details, when the shake occurs. =20 Is there any taxi speed that you avoid because of slight shake or = tendency to shake? Mine is 12 knots. More of a tire out of balance = feel than a shake but noticeable sometimes. Jim ----- Original Message -----=20 From: Skip Slater=20 To: lml@lancaironline.net=20 Sent: Saturday, August 25, 2007 5:26 PM Subject: [LML] Re: ES Strut issues Jim, I had a very bad shimmy when I started doing my first taxi tests. = I had someone watch me taxi while braking to see what was moving and he = said my right main was shaking like a wet dog. I pulled the rotor and = had it checked by Robby Grove himself. He found the rotor off slightly = less than the .015" you had and said he seriously doubted that it was = the cause of the problem. He resurfaced it anyway and the problem = disappeared - for awhile. Since that time five years ago, I've = resurfaced my rotors once more and replaced one altogether. Each time = the problem lessened, but eventually came back, lending credence to the = argument that the rotors warp slightly over time. The shimmy I have now = is nowhere near as bad as that first one I had, though it's possible = that by my conditioned response of relaxing the brakes when it starts, I = preventing it from getting any worse. Skip Slater ------=_NextPart_000_000D_01C7E745.55E41880 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
Tell me what you experience as far as control input, butt feel, = visual and=20 any other details, when the shake occurs. 
 
Is there any taxi speed that you avoid because of slight shake or = tendency=20 to shake?  Mine is 12 knots.  More of a tire out of balance = feel than=20 a shake but noticeable sometimes.
 
Jim
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From: Skip=20 Slater
Sent: Saturday, August 25, 2007 = 5:26=20 PM
Subject: [LML] Re: ES Strut = issues

Jim,
   I had a very bad shimmy = when I=20 started doing my first taxi tests.  I had someone watch me taxi = while=20 braking to see what was moving and he said my right main was shaking = like a=20 wet dog. I pulled the rotor and had it checked by Robby Grove = himself. =20 He found the rotor off slightly less than the .015" you had and = said he=20 seriously doubted that it was the cause of the problem.  He = resurfaced it=20 anyway and the problem disappeared - for awhile.  Since that time = five=20 years ago, I've resurfaced my rotors once more and replaced one=20 altogether.  Each time the problem lessened, but eventually came = back,=20 lending credence to the argument that the rotors warp slightly over=20 time.  The shimmy I have now is nowhere near as bad as that first = one I=20 had, though it's possible that by my conditioned response of relaxing = the=20 brakes when it starts, I preventing it from getting any = worse.
  Skip=20 Slater
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