Fairchild Club Forum

Posted: **Mon Jun 04, 2007 1:44 pm**

'Lads, I could use a bit of guidance on the characteristics of the piston
in the F-24 main gear shock. If someone has one apart now ( I remember
Tom Downey did a while back) could someone please measure the diameter
of the piston and the size of the orifice that the fluid passes through? I'm
thinking that the orifice is just a two way hole where the fluid passes back and
forth at the same rate. Could be a number of holes in a circle, etc. ? Could you
confirm that please? I'm having to make up custom built shocks for my 51 project
and this info would be very helpful. Thanks.

David Stroud Ottawa, Canada
C-FDWS Christavia
Fairchild 51 under construction
and on the gear...

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Posted: **Tue Jun 05, 2007 5:20 am**

'David,

I had mine apart a couple of weeks ago.There is no piston.There are
two discs about half an inch apart,with two cuts on the side.no holes
on mine.It was a reasonably tight fit in the cylinder.I think exact
measurements will be found on the fairchild cd?

Regards,

Remko
--- In fairchildclub@yahoogroups.com, "david stroud"
wrote:

>
> Lads, I could use a bit of guidance on the characteristics of the

piston

> in the F-24 main gear shock. If someone has one apart now ( I

remember

> Tom Downey did a while back) could someone please measure the

diameter

> of the piston and the size of the orifice that the fluid passes

through? I'm

> thinking that the orifice is just a two way hole where the fluid

passes back and

> forth at the same rate. Could be a number of holes in a circle,

etc. ? Could you

> confirm that please? I'm having to make up custom built shocks for

my 51 project

> and this info would be very helpful. Thanks.
>
> David Stroud Ottawa, Canada
> C-FDWS Christavia
> Fairchild 51 under construction
> and on the gear...
>
>
>
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
>

'

Posted: **Tue Jun 05, 2007 5:38 am**

'I have an F-24 parts book and see now that the piston pushes down on
the ...plunger... which looks to be like the two discs that you describe.
I just couldn't see the cuts on the side of the plunger. I'm building my
shocks from a pair of two way hydraulic cylinders and I'm thinking of
installing a restricted sized orifice in a line between the inlet and outlet
fittings on the outside of the ram tube, hence my question about the
size of the holes in the piston. Thanks Remko.

David Stroud Ottawa, Canada
C-FDWS Christavia
Fairchild 51 under construction
and on the gear...

----- Original Message -----
From: m51rs
To: fairchildclub@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Tuesday, June 05, 2007 7:16 AM
Subject: [fairchildclub] Re: F-24 main gear shock question

David,

I had mine apart a couple of weeks ago.There is no piston.There are
two discs about half an inch apart,with two cuts on the side.no holes
on mine.It was a reasonably tight fit in the cylinder.I think exact
measurements will be found on the fairchild cd?

Regards,

Remko
--- In fairchildclub@yahoogroups.com, "david stroud"
wrote:
>
> Lads, I could use a bit of guidance on the characteristics of the
piston
> in the F-24 main gear shock. If someone has one apart now ( I
remember
> Tom Downey did a while back) could someone please measure the
diameter
> of the piston and the size of the orifice that the fluid passes
through? I'm
> thinking that the orifice is just a two way hole where the fluid
passes back and
> forth at the same rate. Could be a number of holes in a circle,
etc. ? Could you
> confirm that please? I'm having to make up custom built shocks for
my 51 project
> and this info would be very helpful. Thanks.
>
> David Stroud Ottawa, Canada
> C-FDWS Christavia
> Fairchild 51 under construction
> and on the gear...
>
>
>
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
>

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