X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com Return-Path: Sender: To: lml Date: Fri, 04 Dec 2009 16:28:30 -0500 Message-ID: X-Original-Return-Path: Received: from smtp02.netplexity.net ([216.26.142.98] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.3c3) with ESMTPS id 4002320 for lml@lancaironline.net; Fri, 04 Dec 2009 10:50:54 -0500 Received-SPF: none receiver=logan.com; client-ip=216.26.142.98; envelope-from=pete@leapfrogventures.com Received: from EXCAS02.netplexity.local (172.29.232.12) by smtp02.netplexity.net (172.29.252.11) with Microsoft SMTP Server (TLS) id 8.2.213.0; Fri, 4 Dec 2009 10:50:07 -0500 Received: from MBX01.netplexity.local ([172.29.251.92]) by EXCAS02.netplexity.local ([::1]) with mapi; Fri, 4 Dec 2009 10:50:13 -0500 From: Pete Sinclair X-Original-To: "lml@lancaironline.net" X-Original-Date: Fri, 4 Dec 2009 10:50:15 -0500 Subject: Flutter and nose wheel shimmy Thread-Topic: Flutter and nose wheel shimmy Thread-Index: Acp0+XiMhuQPygIjQFiiN+nDULTAog== X-Original-Message-ID: <9BA27E9A016CA248A90AFE0BAD1FB01804414840C9@MBX01.netplexity.local> Accept-Language: en-US Content-Language: en-US X-MS-Has-Attach: X-MS-TNEF-Correlator: acceptlanguage: en-US Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="_000_9BA27E9A016CA248A90AFE0BAD1FB01804414840C9MBX01netplexi_" MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Original-Return-Path: pete@leapfrogventures.com --_000_9BA27E9A016CA248A90AFE0BAD1FB01804414840C9MBX01netplexi_ Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable So if we balance ailerons and elevators, why not balance the nose gear fair= ing by adding weight in the front until it is neutrally balanced around the= axle? Would this not help reduce nose gear "flutter"? I understand that = the real center of vibration of the nose gear is around the strut axis, but= balancing the wheel pant would at least bring the center of balance farthe= r toward this axis. Comments? Pete --_000_9BA27E9A016CA248A90AFE0BAD1FB01804414840C9MBX01netplexi_ Content-Type: text/html; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

So if we balance ailerons and elevators, why not balan= ce the nose gear fairing by adding weight in the front until it is neutrally balan= ced around the axle?  Would this not help reduce nose gear “flutter&= #8221;?  I understand that the real center of vibration of the nose gear is around t= he strut axis, but balancing the wheel pant would at least bring the center of balance farther toward this axis.

 

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Pete

 

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