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Old 14th May 2009, 03:38
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Ovation
 
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On my landing, similar scenario, vastly lower frequency of vibration. At 1st sign of shimmy, I came full-back on the elevator which (naturally enough) raised the nosewheel off the ground, stopping the shimmy, after which I re-landed the nosewheel with no further problems.
Can't help much on the cure except unloading the nose wheel as you are doing now, but a word of caution - when rolling after landing some light aircraft have enough elevator authority at full aft travel to scrape the tail skid (even with a forward CG).
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