Thursday, July 29, 2010
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If you are new to the world of Quickies you may have heard that they are uncontrollable on the ground.  This is ancient history.  We have learned over the years since the plane was introduced that the main gear wheel alignment is extremely important.  When properly aligned (following the Gall Wheel Alignment documentation), the plane is very controllable on the ground, certainly no worse than a host of other taildraggers.
  
Landing Gear
November 13, 2009
Replaced main gear tires with Lamb tires, same as I had previously.

January 9, 2007
I installed a new tailwheel from AS&S (Part Number 06-03600) a few weeks ago and am very pleased with it. The new wheel seems to have much more "stickiness" during roll out, is much softer so cushions the bumps slightly, and is much, much quieter.

The following are a couple of shots of the old, skinny, hard wheel versus the new soft wheel.

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January 1, 2007
Performed a Gall Wheel Alignment on my main gear. The alignment was off exactly how many others have described (axle sight line hitting the dirt under the fuselage). I relocated the axle hole on the outside of the wheelpant down about .5" on both sides. The result is a MUCH more stable roll on the ground.
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