kentb
Well Known Member
I didn't want to sidetrack the thread about the RV7A tipping over, so I started this thread.
I am starting to do my first conditional inspection and thought that it would be a good time to finish up my wheel and gear fairings and paint them. When I took off my nose wheel fairing I discovered a big crack. This look to have been caused by the nut banging on the inside of the fairing and there was some dirt in the crack. There is not abrasion on the bottom edge so it didn't contact the runway (I have only been landing on paved runways). This must have happened while going to the runway across the grass. I don't recall ever feeling that I had experienced any unusual bump and I always hold the stick aft.
I have repaired the fiberglass and will be looking into building up under the nut to form a skid as someone on this site has suggested.
Kent
I am starting to do my first conditional inspection and thought that it would be a good time to finish up my wheel and gear fairings and paint them. When I took off my nose wheel fairing I discovered a big crack. This look to have been caused by the nut banging on the inside of the fairing and there was some dirt in the crack. There is not abrasion on the bottom edge so it didn't contact the runway (I have only been landing on paved runways). This must have happened while going to the runway across the grass. I don't recall ever feeling that I had experienced any unusual bump and I always hold the stick aft.
I have repaired the fiberglass and will be looking into building up under the nut to form a skid as someone on this site has suggested.
Kent
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