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Old 09-24-2010, 04:05 PM
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Accidents do happen, but I think that most of the problem that have been experienced are do to not understanding how to land the plane.

I would suggest that the money could be better spent with a good flight instructor.

Not trying to be negative about this effort, but if you redesign the aircraft to be tolerant of poor landing skills, it won't fly the same.
I do enjoy the way my 9A flies.

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I'd easily sacrifise 5 knots of speed against a reliable nosegear I can trust on.For me, even the main gear when exposed without fairings, looks very fragile, like a spyder or moskito... In todays spacecraft era, there has to be a resistant and light material to fix this "child desease"of the A models.Vans schould adapt the 10's system to the right proportion of his younger brothers, and that's it.
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Old 09-24-2010, 04:14 PM
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Every RV A Pilot should train this "ad - infinitia", until he is able to land like this with his eyes closed !!!
I do _all_ my landings with my eyes closed. It is too scary to look.
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Old 09-24-2010, 04:49 PM
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I'd easily sacrifise 5 knots of speed against a reliable nosegear I can trust on.
I am not willing to give up the speed. This is not my first aircraft. I moved up to this one to gain as much performance as I could afford.
I will take the small increase in risk.

Everyone gets to make his/her choice as to the trade offs.


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Old 09-24-2010, 07:29 PM
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I do _all_ my landings with my eyes closed. It is too scary to look.
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Right on Kev, that's the way I was taught too! Every pilot should strive to be a "left seat spectator". I mean, why participate in a hazardous activity when you don't have to, right?
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Old 09-30-2010, 09:48 AM
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We have all heard the phrase "Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it."

There's a wealth of knowledge in old patents, I've attached a few examples below of landing gear design from the 1940's era.
These clever designers faced many challenges of the time, most aircraft had to operate from grass strips in extreme conditions with minimum maintenance and surprisingly they successfully achieved results without the advantages of Computer Aided Design (CAD) and Computer Aided Manufacturing. (CAM)

I only point these out as patents are the modern day history book of innovation and they are often overlooked at great cost.


http://www.google.com/patents/about?...BAJ&dq=2263717

http://www.google.com/patents/about?...BAJ&dq=2211484

http://www.google.com/patents/about?...BAJ&dq=2490560

http://www.google.com/patents/about?...BAJ&dq=2646948
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