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      Dan Thomas replied to the thread 1980 TR182 Nose Wheel Shimmy.
      One point this fellow does not make: The wheel wants to rotate around its center of mass. If there is a heavy spot, the center of mass...
    • Dan Thomas
      Dan Thomas replied to the thread Old Cessna parts.
      I have said for a long time that there is no such thing as a cheap old airplane. A 172 that old has numerous parts that are nearly...
    • Dan Thomas
      Dan Thomas replied to the thread 1980 TR182 Nose Wheel Shimmy.
    • Dan Thomas
      Dan Thomas replied to the thread 1980 TR182 Nose Wheel Shimmy.
      That dynavibe looks to be no more than a fancy static balancer. A true dynamic balancer spins the wheel on a shaft that is free to move...
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      Dan Thomas replied to the thread 1980 TR182 Nose Wheel Shimmy.
      I learned to fly in a six-year-old 172 over 50 years ago. It had horrific shimmy. The airplane had less than 1800 hours on it. It is...
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    • Dan Thomas
      Which is why I have sometimes seen NPT non-O-ring fittings with a short length of aluminum tubing on them, and the hose clamped to the...
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    • Dan Thomas
      Dan Thomas replied to the thread 1980 TR182 Nose Wheel Shimmy.
      Well, your tires are rated for 120 MPH, so there's that. The real problem is dynamic imbalance. Yes, landing hot is a very common and...
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    • Dan Thomas
      That gets interesting. It helps to have a stock of them on hand. But they also don't need to be all that tight, either. Pipe thread...
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    • Dan Thomas
      Dan Thomas replied to the thread Starter recommendations?.
      It won't last the next 31 years. Part of the overhaul includes machining the commutator to remove the worn and grooved copper, so the...
    • Dan Thomas
      Dan Thomas replied to the thread 1980 TR182 Nose Wheel Shimmy.
      Oh, boy. Another shimmy problem that will get "fixed" by tightening up everything (which risks overstressing all that hardware and...
    • Dan Thomas
      Dan Thomas replied to the thread Honeycomb Alpha Yoke Problem.
      In my years at the flight school I maintained several different flight simulators, from the cheap desktop type to some expensive units...
    • Dan Thomas
      Dan Thomas replied to the thread Ship hit the span.
      A good rundown here, by a guy who knows shipping:
    • Dan Thomas
      I had to do a little digging; there are very few magneto manuals that mention the number of turns of primary and secondary turns in the...
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    • Dan Thomas
      No nylon fittings back then. All aluminum. The original fittings in your airplane would have been aluminum, and maybe the tubing was...
    • Dan Thomas
      Dan Thomas reacted to Jdm's post in the thread Lycoming Engine replacement with Like Like.
      Apparently change is coming. My new GMC work truck came with an hour meter located within its engine menu. It was included as standard...
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