X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com Return-Path: Sender: To: lml@lancaironline.net Date: Thu, 10 Sep 2009 20:50:03 -0400 Message-ID: X-Original-Return-Path: Received: from web180316.mail.gq1.yahoo.com ([67.195.15.82] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.2.16) with SMTP id 3844805 for lml@lancaironline.net; Thu, 10 Sep 2009 15:16:00 -0400 Received-SPF: none receiver=logan.com; client-ip=67.195.15.82; envelope-from=c177av8r@pacbell.net Received: (qmail 72110 invoked by uid 60001); 10 Sep 2009 19:15:26 -0000 DomainKey-Signature:a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=s1024; d=pacbell.net; h=Message-ID:X-YMail-OSG:Received:X-Mailer:Date:From:Subject:To:MIME-Version:Content-Type; b=Q7035SyyKOJvKM7se2dZURwe0KPhDgvDz+S+OPlsm9CUWV0W5Cq9RlO87WmTfrDBaBTEoUrvoUZIwap7QdqkgoXsDSYXSpZsaXEpm/awQ+JSdE6zuCtxrpcBBR3FwXN57w6g0Fpe91AnUfCOoq1M+zZaEgCxE07uWzfTOVOJwps=; X-Original-Message-ID: <121171.71534.qm@web180316.mail.gq1.yahoo.com> X-YMail-OSG: S71L0F8VM1n72vNU7LJTPt0bz6tnK0aQf3aEcWLYGY5M5QtQXIa70Y8DFSjsPQOFCtA.3F0WV7xBUmaULXpWYQvvtJNecD7zNzzpVGobKd3_QrEoIdz89ftEXQ_CmRMe0ggQcJzrxFCmBozHKlSfkirXSvlg3trWPdj2f2T0xm4NQo1YtzM4pK9dm7lTnYTopj8hKWV08lbYh8_YltHVFb.on10bxHvlhyM7FI.uzgVKmJ7z8xX_zevMteoaDyPI Received: from [71.141.89.133] by web180316.mail.gq1.yahoo.com via HTTP; Thu, 10 Sep 2009 12:15:26 PDT X-Mailer: YahooMailClassic/6.1.2 YahooMailWebService/0.7.338.2 X-Original-Date: Thu, 10 Sep 2009 12:15:26 -0700 (PDT) From: Duane Allen Subject: Nose dragger vs. power tow X-Original-To: Lancair Mailing List MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="0-762500255-1252610126=:71534" --0-762500255-1252610126=:71534 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable My next door hangar neighbor has a Columbia 400 and a gas powered nose drag= ger he used for his Bonanza.=A0 After buying the Columbia, he finally gave = up on the nose dragger and parked it.=A0 He bought the power tow and says i= t works much better.=A0 He too bought the adapters to connect to the axle.= =A0 Our es wheel pant has no holes in it like the 400 to access the wheel a= xle. I have a power tow for my TR182 and 177RG (with the long arm adapters for m= y FG177 and ES) and my only complaint is that the posts on the ES nose stru= t are so small that I have to be careful to make shallow turns or else bend= the posts on the nose gear piece.=A0 This is the short piece added at the = bottom of the strut or top of the wheel pant.=A0 I am not sure if it came f= rom Lancair or some other source.=A0 I bought 5/8" x 8 inch bolts and drill= ed a hole in the center to fit over the nose strut fixture.=A0 Picture on r= equest. duane=A0 es 39WG 15hrs. so far. --0-762500255-1252610126=:71534 Content-Type: text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable --0-762500255-1252610126=:71534--
My next door hangar neighbor has a Columbia 4= 00 and a gas powered nose dragger he used for his Bonanza.&nbs= p; After buying the Columbia, he finally gave up on the nose dragger and pa= rked it.  He bought the power tow and says it works much better. = He too bought the adapters to connect to the axle.  Our es wheel pant= has no holes in it like the 400 to access the wheel axle.
I have a powe= r tow for my TR182 and 177RG (with the long arm adapters for my FG177 and E= S) and my only complaint is that the posts on the ES nose strut are so smal= l that I have to be careful to make shallow turns or else bend the posts on= the nose gear piece.  This is the short piece added at the bottom of = the strut or top of the wheel pant.  I am not sure if it came from Lancair or some other source.  I bought 5/8" x 8 inch bolts = and drilled a hole in the center to fit over the nose strut fixture.  Pic= ture on request.
duane  es 39WG 15hrs. so far.