I am under the impression that only the double fork is supposed to have this cable? Should I remove my cable? Is the single fork itself on mine okay to use? Glen -----Original Message----- From: V. Childs <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Dyno <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Tuesday, November 09, 1999 5:30 PM Subject: Re: Nose Gear Limit Cable
>Hi Don, I was thinking of doing the same thing with my gear on the Alon. Put a >cable to the mains that you would lock up for take off and roll it down to let >the gear fall down for landing. How did you do yours? gene > >Dyno wrote: > >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> > >> > I'll throw this in here just to muddy up the water some more.... >> > >> > I was told years ago by someone who had actually done it and tested it that >> > SHORTENING the cable on an Alon resulted in a slightly higher cruise speed. >> > His theory was that shortening the cable prevented the nose wheel from >> > dropping down as far, therefore there was less moment arm from the drag on >> > the nosegear, resulting in less angle of attack required to maintain level >> > flight, and therfore less total drag, and higher speed. He said that >> > shortening the cable resulted in more speed improvement than adding wheel >> > pants did. >> > >> > I'm just offering this up for discussion - I'm not suggesting that it would >> > be a good (or legal) thing to try. >> > >> > Wayne DelRossi >> > Alon N5618F >> > Simpsonville SC >> >> Here is nore mud for the water... I put limit cables on all three >> gears... and now they dont drop more than a few inches. It is definately >> one of the reasons my coupe is so fast !!! >> >> Don N-72DS...... > > >
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