REFLECTOR: FOD
Jim & Sharon Beck
jsbeck at charter.net
Sun Jun 14 23:01:12 CDT 2009
Just came back from golden west and Lynn Cook had his Elite RG on display there, He had made a fender that covered about 100 degrees of the nose wheel from top to the back, looked like that would stop a lot of the rocks. Maybe he has pictures.
Jim 173 Elite RG N29RP
From: Jeff Barnes
Sent: Sunday, June 14, 2009 7:12 PM
To: Velocity Aircraft Owners and Builders list
Subject: Re: REFLECTOR: FOD
Don White on White's Lightning had a vertical wedge hanging off the nose gear fork behind the nose wheel to deflect FOD. --Jeff
--- On Sun, 6/14/09, Scott Derrick <scott at tnstaafl.net> wrote:
From: Scott Derrick <scott at tnstaafl.net>
Subject: REFLECTOR: FOD
To: "Velocity Aircraft Owners and Builders list" <reflector at tvbf.org>
Date: Sunday, June 14, 2009, 8:39 PM
I taxi with my speed brake down as it provides a huge fender for the
nose wheel.
Just don't skip the *Speed Brake Up item on the before take off check
list! Yes, I've taken off with the speed brake down. Its possible,
takes a lot more runway, makes a lot of noise above 120 knots!
Scott
Douglas Holub wrote:
> I've only got about 55 hours on my Velocity but I've had to fix dings
> in the propeller 4 times already. I only land on asphalt runways.
> After 500 hours my beautiful propeller will probably have 40 filled in
> dings. It's a black carbon-fiber-over-maple Prince P-Tip prop.
>
> I wish I could use a metal prop. I've started keeping the speed brake
> down when I taxi to keep stuff from the nose wheel hitting the propeller.
>
> Doug Holub
> Standard FG w/ electric nose lift
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Laurence Coen" <lwcoen at hotmail.com>
> To: "Velocity Aircraft Owners and Builders list" <reflector at tvbf.org>
> Sent: Sunday, June 14, 2009 1:16 PM
> Subject: Re: REFLECTOR: Need Troubleshooting ideas
>
>
>> John,
>>
>> The ding in the prop is an easy one. That's FOD. Could be a nut or
>> bolt that came off your engine and could be related to the oil leak
>> problem. There is a cover that faces down on the lower engine nose
>> piece that is secured with four bolts. You can check it without
>> removing the cowlings. It's also possible that you kicked up a stone
>> and are just having a bad day.
>>
>> Good luck and I hope the rest of your day is blue skies and tail winds.
>>
>> Larry Coen
>> N136LC
>> SE/RG Franklin/IVO
>>
>> --------------------------------------------------
>> From: <aminetech at bluefrog.com>
>> Sent: Sunday, June 14, 2009 12:42 PM
>> To: "Velocity Aircraft Owners and Builders list" <reflector at tvbf.org>
>> Subject: Re: REFLECTOR: Need Troubleshooting ideas
>>
>>> Here's an update. It appears the oil came from the fill cap. I
>>> lost 1 1/2 qt oil in 45 min flight. I couldn't have "burned" more
>>> then 1/2 qt. Today I replaced the oil cap with a new one, identical
>>> and flew for 1/2 hour. There was no oil around the fill cap. There
>>> was a lot of oil on the lower fuselage, but that was probably what
>>> is inside the cowl. I did notice a 1/2" ding on the prop leading
>>> edge, in line with the exhaust, so I'm wondering what that could
>>> be. Any ideas?
>>>
>>> John
>>>
>>> --- aminetech at bluefrog.com wrote:
>>>
>>> From: <aminetech at bluefrog.com>
>>> To: "Velocity Aircraft Owners and Builders list" <reflector at tvbf.org>
>>> Subject: Re: REFLECTOR: Need Troubleshooting ideas
>>> Date: Sat, 13 Jun 2009 15:56:44 -0700
>>>
>>> I'll check the oil level tomorrow. Before the last 40 min flight,
>>> it was at 8 qt
>>>
>>> --- hoffman3 at erols.com wrote:
>>>
>>> From: Carl Hoffman <hoffman3 at erols.com>
>>> To: Velocity Aircraft Owners and Builders list <reflector at tvbf.org>
>>> Subject: Re: REFLECTOR: Need Troubleshooting ideas
>>> Date: Sat, 13 Jun 2009 17:43:46 -0400 (EDT)
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> ---- Original message ----
>>>> Date: Sat, 13 Jun 2009 14:05:57 -0700
>>>> From: <aminetech at bluefrog.com>
>>>> Subject: Re: REFLECTOR: Need Troubleshooting ideas
>>>> To: "Velocity Aircraft Owners and Builders list" <reflector at tvbf.org>
>>>>
>>>> This sounds strange, but I see a lot of oil around the filler cap.
>>>> I bought the cap at Auto Zone and it has worked fine for 3/4 years.
>>>
>>> The filler cap is almost under oil separator/breather and next to
>>> the dip stick.
>>>
>>> How much oil is showing on the dip stick?
>>>
>>>>
>>>> --- aminetech at bluefrog.com wrote:
>>>>
>>>> From: <aminetech at bluefrog.com>
>>>> To: "Velocity Aircraft Owners and Builders list" <reflector at tvbf.org>
>>>> Subject: REFLECTOR: Need Troubleshooting ideas
>>>> Date: Sat, 13 Jun 2009 13:40:11 -0700
>>>>
>>>> I'm at Chattanooga, TN (CHO) with a considerable oil leak. I flew
>>>> from the MS coast. My oil temp was higher than normal, but still
>>>> within the limit. After 1 1/2 hours the temp began climbing. I
>>>> think it might have been because I was flying near a thunderstorm
>>>> and the downdraft was putting me into a climb attitude without
>>>> realizing it. I landed and everything looked OK. Just the usual
>>>> samll oil leaks. After taking off the oil temp climbed quickly and
>>>> ran near around 108 C for most of the way. CHTs were normal (130
>>>> C) Upon landing the engine was running rough and the bottom of the
>>>> fuselage is fairly covered with oil. I will appreciate any ideas.
>>>>
>>>> Thanks,
>>>>
>>>> John
>>>>
>>>> Franklin/IVO
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