On 15 Jul 2003 16:43:15 -0700, (Dan
Thomas) wrote:


The Aeronca Champ had spring oleos without any shock fluid or
whatever, and wasn't boingy. It had a somewhat leaky cylinder
arrangement, and I suppose the air flowing in and out probably damped
things a bit. It had a lot of travel and was too soft, making
crosswind operations hairy.

Not true.

The Champ came with two different oloes, both are conventional oil
damped units. The ones you are describing sound like the "lo-bounce"
oloes which had longer travel.

Rob
1946 7AC Champ