Having finished the major jobs on my PA-12 I’m now flying it and venturing further afield!!! I’ve noticed since I’ve had it a twitchiness at the end of the landing run and on grass, that’s all I’ve noticed, but today I did 3 circuits on pavement and I noticed something else, which happened at pretty much exactly the same point on the runway:
With about 75 yards to go until the end of the runway, at a jogging sort of pace, there was suddenly a lot of metallic type rattling from below me, pretty much where the undercarriage is. This happened on the last 2 of the 3 circuits (possibly on the first too) and the first time it happened I thought the gear had failed!! On each occasion the rudder steering suddenly felt very sensitive and I switched instantly to the heel brakes, which immediately settled things down.
I checked the undercarriage and tailwheel immediately after and nothing obvious and on arrival back at home base on grass, no clanking at all, but still the sensitivity and hunting toward the end of the roll out hmmmmmmmmmmm
Any ideas please?!!
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With about 75 yards to go until the end of the runway, at a jogging sort of pace, there was suddenly a lot of metallic type rattling from below me, pretty much where the undercarriage is. This happened on the last 2 of the 3 circuits (possibly on the first too) and the first time it happened I thought the gear had failed!! On each occasion the rudder steering suddenly felt very sensitive and I switched instantly to the heel brakes, which immediately settled things down.
I checked the undercarriage and tailwheel immediately after and nothing obvious and on arrival back at home base on grass, no clanking at all, but still the sensitivity and hunting toward the end of the roll out hmmmmmmmmmmm
Any ideas please?!!
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