REFLECTOR: Nose Gear Struts - Safety Issue

[John Dibble]

My gear leg is painted.  Looking up from underneath the upper part looks green, but it
is hard to see.  The "taco" appears to be bolted on.  I bought my Velocity, so I don't
know what was done before 5/03.

John

Scott Baker wrote:

> If you sent your nose gear to Velocity, Inc. and had the company add the
> taco gusset to your gear leg - this would be considered a retro-fit/repair
> which is affected by this warning.  If factory supplied a new gear leg
> (identified by the green colored zinc chromate primer), this would not be
> affected.
> SB
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "John Dibble" <aminetech at bluefrog.com>
> To: "Velocity Aircraft Owners and Builders list" <reflector at tvbf.org>
> Sent: Friday, April 22, 2005 12:03 AM
> Subject: Re: REFLECTOR: Nose Gear Struts - Safety Issue
>
> > How do I determine if my gusset was retro-fitted?
> >
> > John
> >
> > Scott Baker wrote:
> >
> >> Look for Velocity, Inc. to issue a safety warning and recall of nose gear
> >> struts that have been retro-fitted with the double wall "taco" style
> >> gusset.
> >> This notice is in response to several recent nose gear incidents where
> >> the
> >> nose strut itself has broken below the taco gusset.  The breakages
> >> occured
> >> after hard landings and/or nose wheel shimmey incidents.
> >> The nose gear strut supplied with the kit is heat treated.  This warning
> >> does not apply to new or unaltered nose gear struts.  It applies ONLY to
> >> nose gear struts that have had gusset repairs that required welding and
> >> which have not been normalized and re-heat treated following the repair.
> >
> >
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