Ed wrote:

 

> "But, with a training wheel up front, you can reallllllyyyyy get on the binders hard without worry".

 

Not wishing in anyway to "nit pick" the above statement but simply wanting RVers with "A" models to remember that getting onto the binders too hard on grass could end up ruining your day.  About two years ago a local pilot landed his 8A on a grass strip with some dips in it.  He possibly was a bit too hot and also long with the result that he really got onto the "binders" which then caused the nose to squat down.  Simultaneously to this the nose wheel encountered a shallow depression resulting in the nose gear bending back and prop striking the soft ground.  Needles to say his flying ended for a next few days until he ordered in a new front gear leg, repaired his front wheel fairing, and installed a new prop.

 

Doug Lomheim

RV-9A, finishing kit