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Nose Wheel centerred

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Hello,

Just a dumb question, but I never noticed that the nose wheel was not centerred, is it an optical impression, or is the nose wheel really not centered?

Here is a picture:
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Thank you.

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Re: Nose Wheel centerred

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Take a look at your AMM chapter 6 figure line drawing - slightly offset. Same with my DA-20. Pic has my prop in the line of sight but you can still see the offset.
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Yep, off-center by design. I once knew an owner who had his plane for well over a year and never noticed this until it came up in conversation.
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One other thing to mention. Recommend never leaving your tow bar hooked and on the ground. Get busy and forget to detach and you might have a prop strike. Maybe a three bladed prop clears but my two-bladed prop does not. An ounce of prevention...
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Thank you for your advice, I never leave it on the plane neither but this time I was only working on the plane while the rain was falling = no flight possible.

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astaib wrote:Hello,

Just a dumb question, but I never noticed that the nose wheel was not centerred, is it an optical impression, or is the nose wheel really not centered?

Here is a picture:
IMG_6183.jpg

Thank you.

Arnaud.
I have noticed as well, sometime i forget when i am pushing the plane back into the hanger and use the nose wheel to center the plane, and then it doesn't fit lol.
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