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Old 01-27-2003 | 05:20 AM
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Kelley
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Default Overworked Nose Wheel

Amish Warlord,

The 2 ½” foam nosewheel is undoubtedly overworked. When I was trying to figure out where everything should go and I thought the plane was going to be nose heavy so I pushed everything back as far as I could, including the main landing gear. Now the weight distribution is about 50/50 on the main and nose wheels. Hey, remember I’m a novice at this.

The reason I used foam wheels is to help slow it down on landing. We have not tried out the center flap yet. If it lands nice and slow with the flap, I’ll replace the foam wheels with harder rubber.

I’ll keep you posted. I made several pictures of the plane flying but it was extremely overcast and none of the pictures are very good.