Curious on typical taxi RPM for folks on concrete?
I'm usually taxi around 2250rpm as I'm typically waiting for oil to get to 120F. I know to hold stick back at all times. The taxi way parallel to the runway at my airport has these horizontal seams every what feels like every 30-50 feet (runway is 5500). And you feel each crack on the nosewheel. Not horribly, but it's noticeable (like expansion joints on a bridge when driving). Do folks 'wheelie' while taxi'ing. Feels a bit fast and reckless, but it would protect the nose gear
I'm asking as this weekend during preflight, I found what 'may' be a crack at the top of my nose gear (see pic). Not 100% sure if it's just the paint or an actual crack. Well 'may be a crack' was good enough for me to do the Nose Gear Leg SB as I had the part already. So now it's done (yay!).
I bought the plane with 60hrs and I've put on about 70hrs. I've really babied the nosewheel on all landings with zero 'bouncers'. I'll admit I've had 1 or 2 less then graceful landings on the mains, but nothing of any consequence on the nose gear. Always a light/feather let down. 100% of my landings have been on concrete. I already feel like I treat it like a 'taxi gear leg' only. It's possible that the start of the cracking was done in the 1st 60 hrs and I just hadn't noticed or it hadn't manifested itself yet.
Bottom line: I'm trying to understand what could have caused the potential crack and what adjustments to my technique I can make to baby the new nose gear as much as possible. (Although it's certainly beefier with extra welds and a re-enforcement tube inside the upper bend of the gear leg).
I'm usually taxi around 2250rpm as I'm typically waiting for oil to get to 120F. I know to hold stick back at all times. The taxi way parallel to the runway at my airport has these horizontal seams every what feels like every 30-50 feet (runway is 5500). And you feel each crack on the nosewheel. Not horribly, but it's noticeable (like expansion joints on a bridge when driving). Do folks 'wheelie' while taxi'ing. Feels a bit fast and reckless, but it would protect the nose gear
I'm asking as this weekend during preflight, I found what 'may' be a crack at the top of my nose gear (see pic). Not 100% sure if it's just the paint or an actual crack. Well 'may be a crack' was good enough for me to do the Nose Gear Leg SB as I had the part already. So now it's done (yay!).
I bought the plane with 60hrs and I've put on about 70hrs. I've really babied the nosewheel on all landings with zero 'bouncers'. I'll admit I've had 1 or 2 less then graceful landings on the mains, but nothing of any consequence on the nose gear. Always a light/feather let down. 100% of my landings have been on concrete. I already feel like I treat it like a 'taxi gear leg' only. It's possible that the start of the cracking was done in the 1st 60 hrs and I just hadn't noticed or it hadn't manifested itself yet.
Bottom line: I'm trying to understand what could have caused the potential crack and what adjustments to my technique I can make to baby the new nose gear as much as possible. (Although it's certainly beefier with extra welds and a re-enforcement tube inside the upper bend of the gear leg).