RVBottomly
PATRON
Asotin County Washington (KLWS)
I ended up buying the [FONT=Verdana,Arial,Tahoma,Calibri,Geneva,sans-serif]Commonwealth SkyRanger 185 I had been looking at for six months. It flies like a dream, climbs better than expected, and is all around fun.
Except for one thing: she is squirrely in the extreme on pavement while taxiing. No problem with landing, but once you rely on tailwheel steering she is slow to respond, and then jerks.
I'm pretty sure I know why. The rudder arm does not extend down far enough and the springs to the tailwheel are on a sharp angle.
The drawing shows it like this:
See how the tailwheel springs are below the leaf spring instead of up at the sharp angle.
Drawing specifies a Scott arm 1302-1. I can't find one in my online search. Does anyone know where one might be found? I suppose I could build one if necessary.
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Except for one thing: she is squirrely in the extreme on pavement while taxiing. No problem with landing, but once you rely on tailwheel steering she is slow to respond, and then jerks.
I'm pretty sure I know why. The rudder arm does not extend down far enough and the springs to the tailwheel are on a sharp angle.
The drawing shows it like this:
See how the tailwheel springs are below the leaf spring instead of up at the sharp angle.
Drawing specifies a Scott arm 1302-1. I can't find one in my online search. Does anyone know where one might be found? I suppose I could build one if necessary.
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