REFLECTOR:Nose gear leg gussets

[Jim Agnew]

It was painted.  Scott saw the leg and the pieces.

Jim

--- Scott Baker <sbakr@comcast.net> wrote:
> Hi Jim,
> The statements regarding the history of heat treating are
> factual.
> I'm not familiar with the specifics of your aircraft.  If
> your strut was not
> heat treated, we either overlooked something or the gear
> was not treated at
> the heat treatment shop.  We ask the shop to make random
> checks of the gear
> legs from each heating batch to ensure they meet spec. 
> Not every gear leg
> is checked.
> Question:  Was your gear painted with zinc chromate or
> was it unpainted?
> This might offer a clue.  We do not paint the legs with
> zinc chromate until
> after they come back from the heat treatment shop.
> Scott B.
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Jim Agnew" <jim_agnew_2@yahoo.com>
> To: <reflector@tvbf.org>
> Sent: Tuesday, January 06, 2004 10:23 PM
> Subject: Re: REFLECTOR:Nose gear leg gussets
> 
> 
> > Scott,
> >
> > You say that all FG struts since DMO #187 were heat
> > treated.  That is not true since I have DMO-348 and the
> > strut was not heat treated and I can prove it.  So
> either
> > the quality control was poor or your statement is not
> true.
> 
> 
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James F. Agnew
Jim_Agnew_2@Yahoo.Com
Tampa, FL
Velocity 173 Elite Aircraft Completed & Flying