Pietenpol-List: Suspension Travel - FlyBaby style gear

matronics · Post by **matronics** » Mon Sep 19, 2011 3:57 am

Original Posted By: "Charles Campbell"
A friend is looking at a Piet with a FlyBaby style gear, which has no suspension travel.- My first inclination is that I don't like this, but I can't really say why...just because it is different I suppose.- It seems to be working fine for the FlyBaby guys, so maybe it is OK.- This plane has 800 tires that will provide some cushion when the tire pressure is right.What are everyone's thoughts on having no suspension travel other than tires?- Are there any reasons this is bad?Thanks!Steve RuseNorman, OKle, List Admin.________________________________________________________________________________

matronics · Post by **matronics** » Mon Sep 19, 2011 9:51 am

Original Posted By: jeff wilson

matronics · Post by **matronics** » Mon Sep 19, 2011 10:01 am

Original Posted By:
Depends on how smoothly you can land and how smooth the landing surface is. Jack Phillips says he had a cub and covered the bungees with tape and never noticed that the tape had moved, indicating that the bungees had never moved. I'm going to put a "no suspension travel" wooden gear on my Piet similar to the one for sale (green and white) recently shown on the list. C----- Original Message -----

matronics · Post by **matronics** » Mon Sep 19, 2011 10:45 am

Original Posted By: Jim Boyer

matronics · Post by **matronics** » Mon Sep 19, 2011 2:10 pm

Original Posted By: Jim Boyer

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