Pelican PL Revival - Chapters T-1 and T-0.5
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- Опубліковано 5 жов 2024
- Finally, the building is done, and the revival can move on to its completion, with the bird lifting into the air. But, before that happens, it is appropriate to learn its behavior on the run up to flight speed, and how it slow after touchdown, and make what ever adjustments are necessary to fine tune its response. T-0 is next. In this video, I show that things don't always go smoothly, when nosewheel shimmy develops while coasting down from somewhere near landing speed.
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Nice build. I cant wait to see her fly.
Thanks! I'm looking forward to it, but am being "anxiously" patient for the weather to break to verify the nosewheel shimmy has been dealt with before T-0.
@@Wrinkles6768 I wouldn't imagine rushing would be beneficial. The nose wheel can be really annoying. My 150 does that occasionally. About time for a rebuild of the dampener.
Just curious, what is your useful load ?
Nice plane!
@@mhilderbrand7693 Thanks! I watched your Zenith build with much interest. I hope it is flying well. P.S. This Pelican PL is seen flying in a recently released video.
@@Wrinkles6768 Yes, Zenith flying well! After watching this video, I did find your first flight! Congratulations!! Have fun!
I remember longtime ago those plane (the part) were build in Mascouche, Québec, Canada. Since a couple year the airport in Mascouche Is not exist anymore. I'm not pilot but (by this time) I pay to get a flight on the Pelican.
So what are your thoughts on the pelican so far
After ~11 flight hours, I find it to be a very comfortable cabin, and should do well on longer cross country flights. I have a very good handle on takeoffs, however due to the relatively shallow descent angle with full flaps, I am struggling to make consistently satisfactory landings. On final, a slight drop of the nose and speed builds quickly. Speaking of speed, with the Viking 110, cruise speeds from 80 to 125MPH have been used at various parts of the testing, with a max true airspeed to date of ~138MPH @ ~3500MSL. Then, there is this random nosewheel shimmy on landing, that can be from very brief and minor to long and very bad (in 1 of the last 5 landings). After having adjusted the spring loaded steering rods, which has greatly reduced but not eliminated it, it has been suggested to replace the tire as something that might be aggravating the situation, which I will try next. Thanks for asking!
@Wrinkles6768 I would raise the nose off the ground spin the wheel and place something in front of the wheel to see how much run out you have if you have too much run out you can un mount the tire then use lots of soap remount tire .then get you a motorcycle tire balancer from harbor freight that should take care of 99 percent of the problem.
@@Todpevy Thanks for your comment. Working with some members of my flying group, we have done this and see a small amount. I have a spare tire, so I am going to do a swap and see if there is a difference in this, as well as balance. Thanks again!