Front Leg

[facthunter]

Make them stronger and something else will deform. Fly so as you  don't bend your nosewheel structure. Mild steel has relatively good fatigue characteristics.. Nev

[turboplanner]

1 hour ago, spacesailor said:

Because,  those legs do bend easily,  and that wear , plus the rusting on that area .

Is a known problem .

It's only a tiny aircraft , & I suspect the leg could be made just a little stronger. 

After a few years of having a ' training wheel ' at the front I was intending to change the ' Hummelbird ' to a conventional tail dagger,  eliminating the nose wheel problem.

spacesailor

If you think its a training wheel better to leave it on the trailer.

[spacesailor]

These Hummel-Birds do look a lot better , as mr Hummel designed it. 

spacesailor

Rob,  see photo's previous .

 

 

 

 

Edited April 25 by spacesailor
A little more !

[facthunter]

They are a very pretty aeroplane.   Nev

[BrendAn]

14 hours ago, spacesailor said:

These Hummel-Birds do look a lot better , as mr Hummel designed it. 

spacesailor

Rob,  see photo's previous .

 

 

 

 

I am confused by your posts. I thought you said you could not fly your plane  and now your converting to taildragger after a few years as a nose wheel.  Have you flown it.

Just curious because I really like the look of hummelbirds . I think they would be a terrific aircraft.

[turboplanner]

They're about the size of an RC Aerobatic aicraft.

[facthunter]

Too big for control lines.  Nev

[turboplanner]

10 minutes ago, facthunter said:

Too big for control lines.  Nev

RC stands for Radio Control.

The Aerobatic class has approval to operate in the Danger Zones of the Moorabbin Training area up to 1000 feet.

[facthunter]

All is right with the world then. I got out of models when the RC took off.  It was nearly as expensive as the real thing.   Nev.

[planedriver]

16 minutes ago, facthunter said:

All is right with the world then. I got out of models when the RC took off.  It was nearly as expensive as the real thing.   Nev.

You should have known me back then Nev.

I used to very cheaply build my own radio control gear using acorn valves out of walkie-talkies from the government surplus shops.

I could have saved you a lot of money.

The fluttering rudder (galloping ghost system} left lots of room for improvement though.

[facthunter]

Might have required too much skill so I started flying the real thing and eventually got paid to do it so that was some compensation. otherwise I might have been a ship's Engineer on a BHP Ore Boat. That's the sort of thing one aspired to in those times.  Nev.

[spacesailor]

That was my intention.  Untill I was told I could never gain a RAA certificate. 

I still want to gain that certificate,  but age is against it .

Question : if you lose your " driving licence " because of age.

Are you automatically stripped of your " flying certificate " .

spacesailor

 

[facthunter]

Don't you lose your licence when you get retested  at an advanced age and don't PASS it?   Nev

[spacesailor]

Correct 

spacesailor

[facthunter]

I know someone who didn't bother but a year or two later decided he wanted to drive and passed.. I also know some one else who didn't know WHERE they were and Drove too fast. (Always did even when being coached by the trainer).  Unsurprisingly DIDN'T pass. There IS a time to give it up. My Mate in NSW has an electric thing he just loves and gets around locally and with a cab other times.  Nev

[turboplanner]

In Victoria after a certain age, the licence period shortens and you have to make a health Declaration (the one RA pilots fell in love with). Don’t try to fudge it because you only need a small accident and if you aren’t fit it’s trouble big time.

[BrendAn]

49 minutes ago, spacesailor said:

That was my intention.  Untill I was told I could never gain a RAA certificate. 

I still want to gain that certificate,  but age is against it .

Question : if you lose your " driving licence " because of age.

Are you automatically stripped of your " flying certificate " .

spacesailor

 

In raaus you are and I would imagine the new class 5 in GA as well

Edited April 26 by BrendAn

[BrendAn]

On 25/04/2024 at 3:47 PM, GolfWhiskeyHotel said:

OK True.  .... NO IDEA of your qualifications or experiences........ Nor have you of mine. ........and I did     "Even Try"  ( your expression wound me up as it inferred lackadaisical behaviour )    to check yes....... And Hydrogen embrittlement is a well known phenomenon in the industry. However,  I  have dealt with thousands of fork legs and shafts and NEVER seen or heard of a fork leg suffering that type of breakage. Even under extreme usage. So while it  happens,  it's not common. 

 

However , I have had personal experience of a zinc plated special bolt 5/8" unf breaking at hand pressure!   High carbon steels ( with a hardness above 40 Rockwell)  are susceptible to cracking if not correctly heat treated after plating. 

hi mate, where do you go to get your forks chromed. i need my forks done but the bike shop is saying 4 weeks turn around ,is that normal.

[GolfWhiskeyHotel]

There's a company in QLD and one in SA. BOTH quote about $400 per pair and 4 weeks.  Cheers. G

[BrendAn]

31 minutes ago, GolfWhiskeyHotel said:

There's a company in QLD and one in SA. BOTH quote about $400 per pair and 4 weeks.  Cheers. G

Excellent. Thanks for that. 

[skippydiesel]

Front Leg could be Jake ( Infamous Australian Export)

 

Edited September 2 by skippydiesel