Coming out of "retirement"

[wypaul 448]

Coming out of retirement now headed into retail today.

 

[EDMO 1078]

That looks like a Tailwheel???

EDMO

[wypaul 448]

Am I stretching the pun to far Ed,  the new tailwheel is getting installed today.

[akflyer 1427]

Well Ed, I guess you still know your airplane parts I actually got the pun this time is that a dual fork?

[wypaul 448]

Yep, very nice can't wait to get it into the dirt.

[EDMO 1078]

Paul,

     You actually got another one on me - We were looking at the video of the spring-loaded Avid nosewheel - and then you posted the photo - I thought you were trying to con me into thinking that it was a nosewheel ! 

EdMO

[wypaul 448]

Well Ed, I guess when you are thinking nose dragger its hard to think about anything else  I do know that sometimes the tailwheels have nose wheel envy and try to get in front.   .

[EDMO 1078]

Ah - memories of tailwheels wanting to be nose wheels! 

Never saw a nosewheel that wanted to be in back tho!

EDMO

[akflyer 1427]

Ah - memories of tailwheels wanting to be nose wheels! 

Never saw a nosewheel that wanted to be in back tho!

EDMO

 

I have... its when the nose wheel folds under and suddenly the front of the plane and the nose wheel is now pointed 180 from where you wanted it and you get to replace the plane most of the time

 

[Av8r3400 1179]

I have... its when the nose wheel folds under and suddenly the front of the plane and the nose wheel is now pointed 180 from where you wanted it and you get to replace the plane most of the time

 

 

 

Not just pointed 180º the other direction, but usually inverted, too...

 

[EDMO 1078]

Inverted Landings - also happens to those with the little wheel in back too.

A friend of mine ran out of runway in Alaska, and flipped his new plane - somewhere I found a photo of a plane with wheels on top of the wings that the pilot could land upside down - I sent it to him - don't think he took my suggestion --

EdMO

Edited 21 May 2014 by Ed In Missouri