Wheel pants

[wgalligan]

Dan,

Yesterday while flying I noticed my right wheel pant looked like it was pointing out slightly.  The bolts where slightly loose and the gear moved.  After retightening/positioning them the plane fllew better.  Most noticable on the pulls it would track better.

Wayne

> Jim, 
> 
> Yup that is my plan next time out.  I will take them off and see if > there is an improvement.  I was just wondering if anyone had them cause > a similar problem to date.
> 
> Thanks
> Dan
>   ----- Original Message ----- 
>   From: jim ivey 
>   To: discussion 
>   Sent: Monday, May 19, 2003 6:58 AM
>   Subject: Re: Wheel pants
> 
> 
>   Dan 
>   Take them off and try it.
>   Jim Ivey
> 
>     ----- Original Message -----
>     From: Dan Curtis
>     Sent: Sunday, May 18, 2003 11:50 PM
>     To: NSRCA Discussion
>     Subject: Wheel pants
> 
>     Hey Guys,
> 
>     My latest plane has fixed gear and pants.  If memory serves this is > the first plane that I have ever owned that had wheel pants.  The pants > are very light and along with this is the fact they are relatively > flimsey.  They are anchored on the gear leg and have minimal movement > (there is a bit) up and down.  However, they can be moved side to side > pretty easily by grabbing the front and moving them.  My plane on the > first flights has shown some rather strange yaw tendencies.  Sometimes > it seems like it needs some pretty hefty right rudder trim and other > times during the same flight it will seem that left trim is called for.  > Could this yaw problem be related to the pants movement?  Hope I made > that close to understandable.
> 
>     Dan

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