X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com Return-Path: Sender: To: lml@lancaironline.net Date: Mon, 05 May 2014 10:26:55 -0400 Message-ID: X-Original-Return-Path: Received: from bar01.comporium.net ([208.104.2.35] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 6.0.9e) with ESMTP id 6859001 for lml@lancaironline.net; Mon, 05 May 2014 07:30:02 -0400 Received-SPF: neutral receiver=logan.com; client-ip=208.104.2.35; envelope-from=snopercod@comporium.net X-ASG-Debug-ID: 1399289367-07cf4e2bbb4be40001-yPXFKn Received: from rg25.comporium.net (rg24.comporium.net [208.104.2.16]) by barracuda. with ESMTP id oeWH7wqFTqtkNtJh for ; Mon, 05 May 2014 07:29:27 -0400 (EDT) X-Barracuda-Envelope-From: snopercod@comporium.net X-Barracuda-Apparent-Source-IP: 208.104.2.16 Received: from 33.225.235.68.dsl.brvdnc.dynamic.citcom.Net (EHLO _127.0.0.1_) ([68.235.225.33]) by rg24.comporium.net (MOS 4.3.4-GA FastPath queued) with ESMTP id RIT07359 (AUTH snopercod); Mon, 05 May 2014 07:29:27 -0400 (EDT) X-Original-Message-ID: <53677615.7040202@comporium.net> X-Original-Date: Mon, 05 May 2014 07:29:25 -0400 From: John Cooper User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; rv:24.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/24.5.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Original-To: Lancair Mailing List Subject: Oleo Strut Over-Rotation Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed X-ASG-Orig-Subj: Oleo Strut Over-Rotation Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Barracuda-Connect: rg24.comporium.net[208.104.2.16] X-Barracuda-Start-Time: 1399289367 X-Barracuda-URL: http://208.104.2.35:8000/cgi-mod/mark.cgi X-Virus-Scanned: by bsmtpd at comporium.net X-Barracuda-BRTS-Status: 1 X-Barracuda-Spam-Score: 0.00 X-Barracuda-Spam-Status: No, SCORE=0.00 using global scores of TAG_LEVEL=1000.0 QUARANTINE_LEVEL=1000.0 KILL_LEVEL=3.0 tests= X-Barracuda-Spam-Report: Code version 3.2, rules version 3.2.3.5550 Rule breakdown below pts rule name description ---- ---------------------- -------------------------------------------------- We know that Esco limits the rotation of the oleo strut to +/- 25º, but what happens when that limit is exceeded? How would one know that it had been exceeded? I noticed yesterday when turning my L-235 around at the end of the runway that I could almost do a U-turn; certainly my nose wheel was angled at more than 25º during the turn. I'm wondering if internal oleo-strut damage due to over-rotation could be the source of the problem I'm having with directional control while fast-taxiing. Anybody?