NOTICE
FROM BILL CECIL:
1/5/2005;
We have again had to change the nose tire on N281FC
because of a flat spot on the tire that was causing
excessive nose vibration. There
is almost no way this can happen other than landing
nose first. You must slow the
plane down below 60 before attempting to put
in on the runway. Make yourself
try to keep it a foot or so above the tarmac
as long as possible. The
plane does not slow down very rapidly unless
you have applied full flaps. After
you feel the main gear touch, try to count
to 4 or 5 before landing the nose. We
have had three nose tires on that plane in the
past 7 months! With
installation, that is over $500 worth of
flat spots.
Since we should pull the plane out of the T-hangar a
few feet before starting the engine, that will make it an easy task to
observe the nose tire for a flat spot. Flat spots on the main
tires are caused by improper crosswind landing technique, or more often
by landing with our feet too high on the rudder pedals and actually applying
brakes when we think we are only using the rudders.
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