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Aircraft Shudder


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On takeoff my plane will shudder until I pull on the brake handle.

 

It has happened every time with varying intensity. More intense = more brake handle pulls.

 

Any thoughts?

 

Bill

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I would guess a out of balance tire, they can shake the gear pretty bad after liftoff. Did it start after a tire change or has it been like that since you got it? Try a soft field takeoff with 15 flaps,that will get you off the ground much slower and see if the shudder is less intense.

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Almost certainly a wheel out of balance. Had the same problem on my Sky Arrow.

 

I'm fairly nearby and have a balancer and weights if you want to try that. [email protected]

 

Here's an "after" video of the balancing process:

 

 

You can see that in my case, the little wheel took a LOT of weight.

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I had to use a liquid tube seal recently, and on takeoff things were way out of balance. I have done this twice now. In both cases, after a while the tubes just exploded! I am not sure, but maybe the liquid auto tire infators attack the rubber or whatever it is, in these Tiawanese tubes? WF

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