The original gear was the weakest of 3 or 4 Maule factory designs and sure enough it was bent making the plane sit left wing low since I got it.
Well, I finally got my new gear, brakes, wheels and tires installed. I think I love it... just gotta learn how to land it now!
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I sure would like to know if the removal of fairings on the landing gear effected the air speed?
I think the legs without fairing's look mucho better.
I think the legs without fairing's look mucho better.
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WC--
That looks great!! Enjoy..
David--
On the airspeed I am sure it will affect it a little but how much is unknown at this time. At the higher speed is where you will see the bigger difference.
That looks great!! Enjoy..
David--
On the airspeed I am sure it will affect it a little but how much is unknown at this time. At the higher speed is where you will see the bigger difference.
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Bummer.
So my 12 yr. old son and I decide today would be a perfect day to practice. We're both excited. Weather's nice and the first three landings around the patch are sweet as candy. We then head off to land at a friend's ranch and various other places.
About twenty miles out we clear the Caprock and I notice a shudder... then another. Hmmmm, weird. My son doesn't feel it, but I do, so I start a turn and now it really starts missing.
I aim back to the west hoping it will run long enough to get me back on the Caprock where there's plenty of cotton fields to land in. The engine surges while running roughly, but it's still running. Everything's in the green. I go through my check list while nursing as much altitude as I can staying a little above Vbg.
Finally it stops surging and just runs terribly rough. .. but it's running. I see the #6 cylinder is reading 740 EGT. The rest are all about 1200. I guess it to be a bad cylinder.
I make the turf runway at my home airport, grease a landing and taxi up to the hangar.
Wouldn't ya know... The plane and I were feeling great up to that point and I was loving the feel of the new landing gear, anxious to fly a bunch.
Bummer... but all is well. I'll know more next week.
About twenty miles out we clear the Caprock and I notice a shudder... then another. Hmmmm, weird. My son doesn't feel it, but I do, so I start a turn and now it really starts missing.
I aim back to the west hoping it will run long enough to get me back on the Caprock where there's plenty of cotton fields to land in. The engine surges while running roughly, but it's still running. Everything's in the green. I go through my check list while nursing as much altitude as I can staying a little above Vbg.
Finally it stops surging and just runs terribly rough. .. but it's running. I see the #6 cylinder is reading 740 EGT. The rest are all about 1200. I guess it to be a bad cylinder.
I make the turf runway at my home airport, grease a landing and taxi up to the hangar.
Wouldn't ya know... The plane and I were feeling great up to that point and I was loving the feel of the new landing gear, anxious to fly a bunch.
Bummer... but all is well. I'll know more next week.
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