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Jan Eggenfellner's Blog – December 2014 Archive (2)

Steel Bungee System now out in the field

Just got the first review on a flying "Steel Bungee"

"Yesterday I flew Rick's 750 with the new spring and what an amazing difference!"

Mike

We now have a bunch of hours on our own "Steel Bungee" and also have the V-shaped nylon block milled flat. I have tried to introduce rudder flutter to see if I could loose the rudder at VNE and all other speeds but it is just fine.

The suspension is now actually moving up and down, rather than mostly being locked into the top…

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Added by Jan Eggenfellner on December 14, 2014 at 4:10pm — 6 Comments

Bob Posted great pictures of his Steel Bungee Installation

Take a look at his nice workmanship. Bob has a CH-650 and also a CH-750 and has gone steel bungee on each.

BOB STEEL BUNGEE HERE

Jan Eggenfellner

Added by Jan Eggenfellner on December 6, 2014 at 3:45pm — No Comments

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