Return-Path: Sender: "Marvin Kaye" To: lml@lancaironline.net Date: Sun, 12 Dec 2004 09:15:18 -0500 Message-ID: X-Original-Return-Path: Received: from sccrmhc12.comcast.net ([204.127.202.56] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.2.5) with ESMTP id 564159 for lml@lancaironline.net; Sun, 12 Dec 2004 06:29:53 -0500 Received-SPF: none receiver=logan.com; client-ip=204.127.202.56; envelope-from=mjrav@comcast.net Received: from MJR (h000094c615c2.ne.client2.attbi.com[65.96.140.242]) by comcast.net (sccrmhc12) with SMTP id <2004121211293801200iicd2e>; Sun, 12 Dec 2004 11:29:38 +0000 X-Original-Message-ID: <003301c4e03e$1a108160$f28c6041@ne2.client2.attbi.com> From: "Mark Ravinski" X-Original-To: "Lancair Mailing List" Subject: The Legacy on Turf Runways X-Original-Date: Sun, 12 Dec 2004 06:31:19 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_0030_01C4E014.31081EC0" X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1437 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1441 This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0030_01C4E014.31081EC0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Once, I landed my 360 on a grass runway that was supposed to be = particularly smooth. The vibration was still pretty nasty. I'm sure = the rubber doughnut springs were part of it. I expect the damaging effects of the vibration to be the worst aspect. Every nut and bolt will loosten, radios and instruments will fail and = then later, you will start to see cracks in the fiberglass. Mark Ravinski N360KB 1305 hrs =20 ------=_NextPart_000_0030_01C4E014.31081EC0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

Once, I landed my 360 on a grass runway = that was=20 supposed to be particularly smooth. The vibration was still pretty = nasty. I'm sure the rubber doughnut springs were part of = it.

I expect the damaging effects of the = vibration to=20 be the worst aspect.

Every nut and bolt will loosten, radios = and=20 instruments will fail and then later, you will start to see cracks = in the=20 fiberglass.

Mark Ravinski

N360KB 1305 hrs =

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