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Taper Locks. They've been around forever. I dealt with them a lot back in the 70's

My Citation is weak on the left also, no doubt the same problem, where is the followup video on this ?

The new dog chow is better than the old dog chow! 😱😁😝🤪🤣👍👍🇺🇸

Lots of water. We have been swamped up here in northern Mn as well. A week ago we got 5" and some other local towns got 7 or 8". That is a lot of water for us up here. Funny thing is I went flying last evening, and was surprised by how little flooding I found. Hope it works out for your neighbors and the water goes down soon.

No way it’s the pump. If you have 2500 psi in reverse then the pump is working fine . It would be in the drive motor . Your pump doesn’t change direction. There is a valve system controlling the flow of the oil driving the motor . Just my 2 cents

Could i get your contact info? I have some wing questions

Would you sell a set of those? I have a model 1 and would love to redo my wings. I would buy your old wings if you would be interested in selling them.

Nice work pilot! Digging the music!

Next time your lifters actually need adjustment, would you kindly film the process? If you are adjustment/checking solid lifters... then you're checking head bolt torq too. 😁

Ive got a jabiru in my avid mk4 haven’t flown yet but looking forward to it.

I agree, the Jab is a good match for my Avid C as well!👍

Dude, 17k views!!? Nice work!

Wow, that sound is 👌🏼👌🏼👌🏼

After 2 years how trouble free has your 85 horsepower Jabiru been? I can’t afford a Continental or Lycoming in the airplane I’m designing.

What that was, is a very bad landing, looks like he did a three point landing and then bounced it into a wheel landing.

It’s the caster that’s in error.

Dad ground looped his biplane because one of the tailwheel springs broke. It destroyed the air frame and a wing tip . So take this stuff seriously.

Trent Palmer claims to have no springs/free spinning tail wheel. What is that all about?

Thanks for the great video. You do well at making these videos. 👍🇨🇦

Do you wheel land all the time? If so why?

get marine quality stainless steel springs and take out the play no woggling .......p.s. soloed my mothers umbrella 1954..my shoe came off. they were loose like your springs...thanks for your work on you tube..

Apparently if the pivot isn't vertical it can cause this. Especially if the pivot leans forward. Perhaps check the angle with weight on the wheel.

Take care, a guy fell out of his Bearhawk a couple oof years ago, when he released his harness and leaned out to check on a probable rudder problem! s30121.pcdn.co/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Report_ERA23FA045_106223_4_14_2024-12_58_27-AM.pdf

You said you were super fast on short final. Did you touch down fast?

alittle more tension on the springs will fix it

Hello Build it Right, good video, thanks for sharing. I can tell you my STi wings came with 4 weights but I’m sure you’ve crossed that bridge already. Thank you for the tip on smoothing out the hysol, that will help me out immensely as I move into my wings. Question about the music you have in the background, does CZcams give you any hassle about that? Thanks I’m going to watch some more.

Had the same thing with Pawnees in the early 70,s after many landings on bush strips. Periodically the entire tail wheel assembly would disintegrate scattering washers and other bits along the strip. We would gather them all together then clean them in avgas ,oil them and reattach to the tail wheel stem ,then carry on the with the job until the next time. (ps. I witnessed a catalina in 2008 land on a runway and suffer a nose wheel shimmy. The shimmy effect had an alarming reaction on the tailplane which twisted and flexed in sympathy with the nose wheel.)

Spent time diagnosing a Citabria wheel shimmy. Preload on the bearings was the issue

I have this same mower that seems to be having the same issue with the left side as yours did. I have not taken it apart yet, but I need to fix this so I can start cutting grass. Can I ask what site you found the replacement pump parts? Thank you for your time and making this video, I priced a new pump and would much rather try to rebuild first for what the replacement would cost. Had you not made this video I would have never thought to try a rebuild myself.

Tail wheel shimmy.

So what Sonex are you building?

I’ve always like a little tension on my springs.

I believe a wide (tundra) tailwheel is prone to shimmy on pavement

Nice plane.... I have about 800 hours in a KF2 and a couple hundred in other versions of KF. My guess is too loose springs and way to fast to touch pavement which I avoid as much as I can.... I have flown mine to OSH a few times ...listen to the old TW guys... good luck

Kitfox is geometricly totally shitt desing. Wing root pins are vertical not horizontal to allove hinge phenomeon when spars are flexing. Only a smart aircraft designers realise that.

One suggestion if you haven’t done it already, use a slightly heavier spring on one side than the other. Each one will have a different resonance frequency and the tail wheel will be less likely to shimmy.

I read somewhere not too long ago that if the forward edge of the wheel falls too far behind the vertical axis of the pivot point, that can lead to wheel shimmy.

IT is a Kit Airplane. Use a little Testors Glue. LOL.YIKES !!!!!

Seems like you need to move the chains up a link to take some of the slack out so the compression springs can do their job. 🤷‍♂️

You said it yourself on short approach “wow we are hauling ass” meaning you were not a stabilized approach. You then let your tail down early in the rollout. Keeping the tail up would have reduced the chance of a shimmy at higher speeds. Also your tailwheel springs are entirely too loose. The springs should have just a tad of compression when you are sitting in it.

You may also discover that with the tyre contact area centre wearing down so that the profile is flat to the edges, incrementally a small added amount of air pressure in the tyre may be required to raise the centre slightly to prevent the tyre edges becoming the primary load bearing areas of the profile and getting into a "your turn - my turn - your turn" shimmy reaction. After that bit of violence, it may be prudent to check the fuselage attachment of the leaf spring for ovaling of fastener holes.

No tension on the tailwheel steering control springs.

If the nut is a bit loose, it throws off the caster which will cause the shimmy. Sometimes extra weight or too much speed can also cause it. Nice looking Kitfox!

I'm happy to see that it was a simple fix for you. 😊👍

Good to see ya again.👍 it's been awhile! I had the same thing happen last year.

it amazes me how many try to repair hydraulic stuff without getting all the possible dirt and grime off the part before trying to tear it apart.

My family has been loyal Simplicity customers since 1966! My grandparents bought a Simplicity riding mower in 1966 and one in 1976, and they're both still operational to this day! I bought a 2020 Citation XT in 2021 and I love it! It's a floor model, so it has the 26hp engine but it's fine for my 3 acres. The only upgrade I want to get is a striping kit. I won't buy anything but Simplicity!

Not TOO shabby

Baraca

Haha funny joke.