This is how I do it,
get yourself a fish scale (0-30 lb range)
Remove nose wheel pant
Make a little bracket from 3/4 x3/4 aluminum angle with a couple holes to screw it to the wheel pant attach bracket nut plates.
Make another hole in the angle for the fish scale to attach at the appropriate location for pulling (see your plans).
Raise the nose wheel off the ground by pulling the tail down (a helper or weight from the tie down ring or both).
With nose wheel off the ground, pull the fish scale direct laterally slowly increasing tension until the wheel assembly “breaks” free. Note the tension immediately prior to the break.
Make adjustments to big nut and repeat until tension is set according to plans.
BTW, I have an RV10 nose wheel/fork/tire custom modified to fit my 7 nose gear leg. So my breakout force is closer to RV10 specs. So far, it’s been working good. I’ve had severe gear shimmy which initially I assumed as from the nose gear but cameras confirmed it was main gear shimmy caused by too much tire air pressure due to faulty pressure gauge. All is good now.
BTW, I love my nose dragger configuration with bigger tires all around.
YMMV
Bevan.
get yourself a fish scale (0-30 lb range)
Remove nose wheel pant
Make a little bracket from 3/4 x3/4 aluminum angle with a couple holes to screw it to the wheel pant attach bracket nut plates.
Make another hole in the angle for the fish scale to attach at the appropriate location for pulling (see your plans).
Raise the nose wheel off the ground by pulling the tail down (a helper or weight from the tie down ring or both).
With nose wheel off the ground, pull the fish scale direct laterally slowly increasing tension until the wheel assembly “breaks” free. Note the tension immediately prior to the break.
Make adjustments to big nut and repeat until tension is set according to plans.
BTW, I have an RV10 nose wheel/fork/tire custom modified to fit my 7 nose gear leg. So my breakout force is closer to RV10 specs. So far, it’s been working good. I’ve had severe gear shimmy which initially I assumed as from the nose gear but cameras confirmed it was main gear shimmy caused by too much tire air pressure due to faulty pressure gauge. All is good now.
BTW, I love my nose dragger configuration with bigger tires all around.
YMMV
Bevan.
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