X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com Return-Path: Sender: To: lml@lancaironline.net Date: Fri, 11 Sep 2009 00:58:38 -0400 Message-ID: X-Original-Return-Path: Received: from mail-yw0-f182.google.com ([209.85.211.182] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.2.16) with ESMTP id 3845550 for lml@lancaironline.net; Thu, 10 Sep 2009 22:37:27 -0400 Received-SPF: pass receiver=logan.com; client-ip=209.85.211.182; envelope-from=jneusteinmd@gmail.com Received: by ywh12 with SMTP id 12so1048714ywh.12 for ; Thu, 10 Sep 2009 19:36:53 -0700 (PDT) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :content-type; b=Tq4QOeOIWb2CAZsEgaUkY8HGqF3xNQ042T7BM020P1wPHBCa0L7vz7EkhbfaJ46G2D B1TTpXSSTz62X3E0lHoEzuTxshzhvr/ZY0UGSnh9Y+Gfj8IRdOpisv0mG/KehJd27GZM 6+PwOjZNjRKsVgbDCxBuY1zoU7xyzGV4tlQpc= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.150.142.13 with SMTP id p13mr3991579ybd.25.1252636613830; Thu, 10 Sep 2009 19:36:53 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: X-Original-Date: Thu, 10 Sep 2009 22:36:53 -0400 X-Original-Message-ID: Subject: Re: [LML] Nose dragger vs. power tow From: Joseph Neustein X-Original-To: Lancair Mailing List Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=000e0cdf133066681b04734430c0 --000e0cdf133066681b04734430c0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Duane: Some pictures of the tow ear modification would be great. Thanks Joe Neustein ES-P phase I On Thu, Sep 10, 2009 at 8:50 PM, Duane Allen wrote: > My next door hangar neighbor has a Columbia 400 and a gas powered nose > dragger he used for his Bonanza. After buying the Columbia, he finally > gave up on the nose dragger and parked 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 power tow for my TR182 and 177RG (with the long arm adapters for > my FG177 and ES) and my only complaint is that the posts on the ES nose > strut are so small 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. Picture on request. > duane es 39WG 15hrs. so far. > -- Joseph Neustein, MD 7280 Valencia Drive Boca Raton, Fl 33433 915-276-8316 mobile 509-271-2700 fax jneusteinmd@gmail.com --000e0cdf133066681b04734430c0 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
Duane:
Some pictures of the tow ear modification would be great.
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Thanks
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Joe Neustein
ES-P phase I

On Thu, Sep 10, 2009 at 8:50 PM, Duane Allen <c177av8r@pacbell= .net> wrote:
My next door hangar neighbor has a Columbia 400 and a ga= s powered nose dragger he used for his Bonanza.=A0 After buyin= g the Columbia, he finally gave up on the nose dragger and parked it.=A0 He= bought the power tow and says it works much better.=A0 He too bought the a= dapters to connect to the axle.=A0 Our es wheel pant has no holes in it lik= e the 400 to access the wheel axle.
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 in= ch bolts and drilled a hole in the center to fit over the nose strut fixtur= e.=A0 Picture on request.
duane=A0 es 39WG 15hrs. so far.
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Joseph Neustein, MD
7280 Valencia Drive
Boca Ra= ton, Fl 33433
915-276-8316 mobile
509-271-2700 fax
jneusteinmd@gmail.com
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