Dave Eadsforth wrote:


I was amused by what was once said about the Mosquito and its split
'anti shimmy' wheel. Apparently, the first time any pilot flew a
Mosquito he would be warned about the tail shimmy, and so his first
landing was so carefully executed that there was no shimmy at all. Next
flight he would relax, and bingo - all over the place. Got them almost
every time...

Cheers,

Dave


Apropos of not a bunch but the Fairchild C-119 was a bitch in
this regard...the MLG struts were so long that when the bearing
points and connections got the least bit worn then the damned
thing would shimmy like to tear the bloody gear off. Someone
actually did heavily damage the nose gear once, but it was
usually the mains.
--

-Gord.