randylervold
moderator
RV-3ers,
I'm not planning on putting stiffeners on my gear legs in the hope that I won't have to deal with gear leg shimmy. From listening to owners of rod-legged RVs discuss their experience with shimmy for years now I would conclude that less than half of RVs with rod legs shimmy to start with, and even then by managing tire pressure and balancing the wheel pants many shimmies can be fixed. Best guess then is that maybe 25% of the fleet ends up with a shimmy?
The RV-3 has shorter gear legs than all other models other than the early short legged RV-4s. Intuitively I'd think this would reduce the shimmy problem but that could be wrong. So, I'd like to hear from those with flying RV-3s or short-legged RV-4s as to whether they have shimmy or not. Please respond with your experience and let's see if we can get some sort of statistical concensus.
Thanks!
I'm not planning on putting stiffeners on my gear legs in the hope that I won't have to deal with gear leg shimmy. From listening to owners of rod-legged RVs discuss their experience with shimmy for years now I would conclude that less than half of RVs with rod legs shimmy to start with, and even then by managing tire pressure and balancing the wheel pants many shimmies can be fixed. Best guess then is that maybe 25% of the fleet ends up with a shimmy?
The RV-3 has shorter gear legs than all other models other than the early short legged RV-4s. Intuitively I'd think this would reduce the shimmy problem but that could be wrong. So, I'd like to hear from those with flying RV-3s or short-legged RV-4s as to whether they have shimmy or not. Please respond with your experience and let's see if we can get some sort of statistical concensus.
Thanks!