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Old February 19th 07, 02:50 PM posted to rec.aviation.homebuilt
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Default taildragger to trike

On Sun, 18 Feb 2007 12:32:19 -0500, "Peter Dohm"
wrote:


but just making the point
that the bolt is mainly to align the under carriage when not in use and that
friction should greatly exceed any capacity of the bolt when the airplane's
weight is on the wheels.

oh yeah? how did you work that out?
ever seen one flexing under load?

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