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Engine basics => Engine set up tips => Topic started by: Chris Belcher on January 08, 2017, 08:42:33 AM

Title: Plane storage
Post by: Chris Belcher on January 08, 2017, 08:42:33 AM

Is it ok to "store" planes sitting on their nose? Thought I read somewhere it could damage the front bearing.

Title: Re: Plane storage
Post by: RandySmith on January 08, 2017, 11:43:42 AM

yes many times  the  bearing seal  is destroyed  by  sitting on the nose, the neoprene  the seals are made of will  warp/ dissolve/swell , or all  the above. Sometimes I see   hardened oil locking up the bearing, that happens mostly with castor

Randy

Title: Re: Plane storage
Post by: Ken Burdick on January 08, 2017, 01:52:41 PM

yah,
especially when they are flying at the time.......... LL~