MS20074-05-24 bolts
"Matt Whiting" wrote
Bolts designed to fail in shear and protect more expensive components are
very common. A quick Google search should have easily convinced you of
this. You are familiar with Google, right?
I can certainly understand the value of a shear pin, in rotable machines.
I'm not so sure of the value in the case of a tailwheel.
If you were to hit a tail wheel hard enough to shear an axle in the tail
wheel, the force that did that damage is still going to be there, and is
going to continue pressing the tail wheel spring, until all the force has
been dissipated.
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Jim in NC
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