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From: "Rumburg, William" <wrumburg@cdicorp.com>
To: "'ROMJULFBN@aol.com'" <ROMJULFBN@aol.com>, "'lancair.list@olsusa.com'"
	 <lancair.list@olsusa.com>
Subject: RE: overcenter link springs
Date: Mon, 18 Jan 1999 08:53:16 -0500
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>  My question  -  is this a part that will wear over a short period of
>time, or have I got other problems? 
>Fontis -
>   You've hit on something that I feel is an inferior design. I replaced my
>original "screen door" springs with the "rat trap" springs about two years
>ago. I had excellent free fall and overcenter link snap with the original
>springs, both on the jackstand and at 100 mph IAS. After installing them, the
>rat trap springs were clearly more anemic and so was the main gear free fall.
>Except for some slight aesthetic gain, this is not an improvement. I don't
>feel the screen door springs look too bad. Needless to say, I removed the rat
>trap springs and deposited them in the trash can.
>                                    Bill Rumburg
>                                    N403WR  (Sonic BOOM)
>