Likely know the answer to this one, but get my plane back from annual and the plane is quite nose high.... I even notice the plane isn't accelerating as fast on the runway.
With 3/4 fuel, 75lb's in the rear baggage and another 200lbs in the cabin I have 2-3 inches of strut showing on both mains and maybe 8-10 on the nose wheel. Pictures attached.
Mechanic seems to think this is normal.
The PA32 fixed gear had a stance like this when the struts were inflated but I discovered if you inflated the nose to the lower limit and the mains to the upper limit it would have a parallel stance to the runway and give me better acceleration on takeoff (less wind resistance = about 50 feet less runway for rotation speed). "
Similar concept here or did he just mis-inflate them? (and both mains are the same so I don't think there is a leak issue).
With 3/4 fuel, 75lb's in the rear baggage and another 200lbs in the cabin I have 2-3 inches of strut showing on both mains and maybe 8-10 on the nose wheel. Pictures attached.
Mechanic seems to think this is normal.
The PA32 fixed gear had a stance like this when the struts were inflated but I discovered if you inflated the nose to the lower limit and the mains to the upper limit it would have a parallel stance to the runway and give me better acceleration on takeoff (less wind resistance = about 50 feet less runway for rotation speed). "
Similar concept here or did he just mis-inflate them? (and both mains are the same so I don't think there is a leak issue).
