Reforming Tail-spring Bearhawk 4

[Techman2512]

I have the flat "leaf" style spring on my Bearhawk 4. What are the negatives(concerns) to having the tail-spring reformed to add an addition inch or so(<2") increasing vision over the cowl a bit? or lengthening it a bit and reforming?
See attached pic for current.

 

[jaredyates]

I think you need more arch than pictured, to give yourself a more favorable king pin angle and mitigate shimmy. Your current spring is flatter than it's intended design, so there isn't any drawback to getting it back to conformity.

Talking about lengthening the spring sounds like a redesign/structural question. It's probably not ideal to give it more leverage against the fuselage and its mounting points. This whole area was designed as a system and it gets some hard usage.