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rv8ch
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Location: Switzerland
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 Posted: Sun Mar 26, 2006 12:06 pm Post subject: NoseOver - nearly ! |
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| Quote: | I was then unable to move the aircraft without help ! With a passenger and
rearward cofg I would have been able to keep the plane straight with dabs of
brake and full rudder without the danger of nosing over, but solo it was
another matter.
I have heard that some pilots refrain from power checks because of nose-over
problems when operating solo, but I wondered if anyone had experienced high
tailwind / crosswind problems when taxiing.
Any suggestions and assistance appreciated. Rgds, Nic
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Wow - pretty scary. Just out of curiosity, what are your W&B numbers?
Are they in http://www.rvproject.com/wab/ ? (it's down now, but I'm
sure it will be back online soon)
You may want to also post over on
http://www.vansairforce.com/community/forumdisplay.php?f=6
and http://groups.yahoo.com/group/RV-8/
Lots of good people with flying RV8s (unlike me) on both groups.
--
Mickey Coggins
http://www.rv8.ch/
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| Posted: Sun Mar 26, 2006 1:58 pm Post subject: NoseOver - nearly ! |
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Nic,
I can see that operating on a grass strip would put you in a bit of a
box because of the increased power requirement for taxi. I really
haven't had any problems so far, but I haven't operated from any
grass strips either.
I'm curious where you had the elevator positioned during this ordeal,
and how you think it affected the outcome? I guess theoretically if
the power is near idle the stick should be forward, but at some point
as you increase the power and it overcomes the effect of the tailwind
you should reverse it, but I don't know of any good way to tell when
that would be, other than the tail lifting off.
Joel Harding
On Mar 26, 2006, at 12:18 PM, Nic wrote:
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A gusty 20-25 knot wind quartering on the tail swung my RV8 badly
today
whilst I was backtracking solo on our grass strip.
In order to keep the trusty RV from swinging off the runway I
applied a dab
of opposite brake, at which point the tailwheel lifted dramatically
and the
aircraft came within a hairs breath of nosing right onto the
ground. Only a
very quick reduction in power to idle stopped a very expensive prang.
I was then unable to move the aircraft without help ! With a
passenger and
rearward cofg I would have been able to keep the plane straight
with dabs of
brake and full rudder without the danger of nosing over, but solo
it was
another matter.
I have heard that some pilots refrain from power checks because of
nose-over
problems when operating solo, but I wondered if anyone had
experienced high
tailwind / crosswind problems when taxiing.
Any suggestions and assistance appreciated. Rgds, Nic
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