Wow, if y'all's ASIs are that far off, I'd be putting on an AOA indicator.
Wow, if y'all's ASIs are that far off, I'd be putting on an AOA indicator.
Thought about it.
Although, since the number displayed is consistent, the actual number is irrelevant -- so long as you know what it is. And we do.
Well, then use a number lower than the one you're using.
Wow. That vibration on landing looks like mount breaking aluminum cracking stuff.
Can you say metal fatigue boys and girls?
Keep piling on the ignorance. Guess how many RV engine mount/nosegear/main gear failures have occurred due to the slight bit of shimmy that is possible with the Wittman-style rod gear? If you don't know, here's a hint - what's 1 minus 1? There has been cracking on the firewall reinforcement brackets in older RV-4's (tailwheel) when operated on rough grass strips, but that is totally unrelated to shimmy, but rather the beating that is trasnferred to these areas when the gear flexes upon hitting humps and bumps.
Wow. That vibration on landing looks like mount breaking aluminum cracking stuff.
Can you say metal fatigue boys and girls?
+1 on the AOA. Got one and love it. No more guessing.
Eyes don't lie. I see a long solid strut taking a beating with fast vibration/oscillation forces. That can't be good.
And you're right. I'm totally ignorant about nose-wheel's.
Cuz I ain't got one.
Jesus H. Christ. I'm not bashing RVs.
Hmm, I honestly just now remembered that you were the one who called them a "bucket of bolts". Your fatigue post now seems to come across as trolling for further opportunity to prove RVs are ****ty, and that the RV zealots must be beaten down. I'm not an RV zealot, BTW. I don't own an RV, and likely never will again. Despite what 'those who have never flown or owned an RV' think, RVers are not zealots. I've known many of them. Never known one who I felt thought RVs were the end-all. Different strokes for different folks.
One of them had an extreme tailwheel vibration right before lift off. What's that all about?
Any criticism of any pilot flying an RV makes you an RV hater. This is a prime example.
Why was the tailwheel on the ground just before lift off? I've had tailwheel shimmy in FAA-approved Maule and Lang tailwheels too. Tailwheels can be a bit cantankerous. RV-8 main gear should not shimmy. I've never heard of RV-8 gear (leaf spring, not rod) shimmy. Sounds like an alignment problem.
LOL, you have a long history of RV hatin'. And now you try to recuse yourself?
That's what you think.LOL, you have a long history of RV hatin'. And now you try to recuse yourself?
Group OH breaks at a public use airport where flight training is going on...."oh, that's the fault of the inferior spam can drivers, they're flying inferior a/c".....when OH breaks are not on the PTS . Give us a break, keep that s_it at your personally owned field.
Group OH break kills a canard pilot who has no understanding of how long the runway will be occupied....."it's his fault, he shoulda known"
Go ahead Dagger flight, wear your flight suits. I'm ROTLMAO.
And then there's someone near and dear to us who has been temporarily blinded by fast and shiny syndrome.
Any criticism of any pilot flying an RV makes you an RV hater. This is a prime example.
Me neither. I don't like those spindly-ass RV nosegears, but it's not because of a slight bit of shimmy. Lots of the mains on tailwheel models shimmy a bit too, at certain speeds. They've been around a long time now and shown no ill-effects from that alone. Like Yakdriver says - ever seen video of Cessna leaf spring gear on an "unimproved" strip? Are we seeing failures en masse of Cessna gear? Still not sure why some here have such a stiffie for bashing RVs.
By the way, in 400hrs or so in RVs I've never done an overhead break in one. I usually enter the pattern at around 90mph. I pay attention make proper position calls etc. at uncontrolled fields. Don
By the way, in 400hrs or so in RVs I've never done an overhead break in one. I usually enter the pattern at around 90mph. I pay attention make proper position calls etc. at uncontrolled fields. Don
Same here. One does not see too many -10 guys loosing control due to showing off. Several of our accidents have been due to a building mistake, two lost in IFR conditions, one for possible medical issue and one ran out of fuel.
Like Bruce said, not ALL of us are. But the ones that are, sure are visible.