REFLECTOR: Nosegear Forks

[Greg Poole]

Thx Ronnie - understood the differences in the fork orientation but thought
one may have exerted more leverage or possessed a different strength due to
the different machining/mounting.

...Nobody likes to have to fork (sic) out again after having already
purchased the item and not used it!

Greg in Sydney.


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ronnie Brown" <romott at adelphia.net>
To: "Velocity Aircraft Owners and Builders list" <reflector at tvbf.org>
Sent: Monday, July 05, 2004 8:15 AM
Subject: Re: REFLECTOR: Nosegear Forks


> Hi Greg,
>
> My understanding is that the standard forks have broken too, FG and RG.
The
> FG and RG forks are the same, just drilled differently for the nose strut
> attach.  The FG is drilled 90 degrees from vertical that the RG is
drilled.
>
> Ronnie
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Greg Poole" <gpoole at zeta.org.au>
> To: "Velocity Aircraft Owners and Builders list" <reflector at awpi.com>
> Sent: Sunday, July 04, 2004 4:19 PM
> Subject: REFLECTOR: Nosegear Forks
>
>
> I'm curious about the fork issue .....1. were all the ones that broke
> installed on the XL models or were there just as many problems for the
> Standard fuselage? and...... 2. was the problem the same for FG as opposed
> to RG models?
>
> I guess a small fuselage Velocity nosewheel can hit the ground just as
hard
> as a large fuselage under different circumstances.
>
> When I think of all the landings the "Lanza Special" performed as the
> factory "Multicolour" trainer- especially with such a large bunch of
highly
> inexperienced Velocity pilots (includ'g me) .....
>
> - not questioning the value of the new forks or my life, just curious
> again....
>
> Greg in Sydney.
> Early Fork Std RG Velocity
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