REFLECTOR: Deflected Gear Leg

Lou Stedman stedmanlou at adelphia.net
Tue Dec 25 00:00:47 CST 2007


I had my lower gear leg depart on landing. The best fix is to purchase a set 
of aluminum booties from Velocity. Then you will never have the problem 
again. The fix is easy and quick. However it is not cheap. The pair of 
booties, which replaces the bottom four inches of both legs runs about 
$1100.00. Give me  a call if I can help. 716-378-6126

Lou Stedman
Velocity N7044Q
Olean, NY
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Unterreiner" <naomi at yadtel.net>
To: <reflector at tvbf.org>
Sent: Monday, December 24, 2007 10:11 PM
Subject: REFLECTOR: Deflected Gear Leg


>I deflected my lower gear leg due to overheating the brakes. Has anyone had
> the same problem and if so were you able to straighten the gear leg? I 
> would
> appreciate any advice in this subject. Have a Merry Christmas everyone.
>
> Dean Unterreiner
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>>   1. Re:  Fuel shut off valve (Al Gietzen)
>>   2. Re:  Fuel shut off valve (Alex Balic)
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>> Message: 1
>> Date: Sun, 23 Dec 2007 16:40:47 -0800
>> From: "Al Gietzen" <ALVentures at cox.net>
>> Subject: Re: REFLECTOR: Fuel shut off valve
>> To: "'Velocity Aircraft Owners and Builders list'"
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>> Andy;
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>> I added an emergency shutoff valve near the exit from the sump tank. 
>> It's
>> a
>> 'ball' valve with a push-pull cable to the handle.  The cable leads to 
>> the
>> pilots seat frame near the keel; where pulling the red round handle shuts
>> off the fuel.  Not sure where I got the parts, but likely from AS.  From
>> the
>> point under the front of the seat to the valve is less than 10 ft.
>>
>> Sorry - no photo.
>>
>> Al
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>> From: reflector-bounces at tvbf.org [mailto:reflector-bounces at tvbf.org] On
>> Behalf Of Andrew Ellzey
>> Sent: Saturday, December 22, 2007 4:59 PM
>> To: Velocity Aircraft Owners and Builders list
>> Subject: REFLECTOR: Fuel shut off valve
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>> I am working on my fuel system and wanted to know how many builders added
>> a
>> push pull cable to their fuel shut off valve to be able to shut off their
>> fuel in case of fire. I am considering adding a locking T handle with 
>> easy
>> access for the pilot. If anyone has already made this modification, I
>> would
>> be interested in pictures and a parts list of materials used.
>>
>> Andy Ellzey
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>> Date: Sun, 23 Dec 2007 22:37:56 -0600
>> From: "Alex Balic" <velocity_pilot at verizon.net>
>> Subject: Re: REFLECTOR: Fuel shut off valve
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>> I used a 3/8 valve at the sump tank outlet- instead of trying to find a
>> pre-fab cable- I made one from nylaflow and rudder cable- it won?t ?push?
>> but you won?t need to be doing that anyway- I terminated the end of the
>> nylaflow with a small aluminum bracket with a 3/16 rivet in it- cable 
>> goes
>> through the rivet , but nylaflow does not- also added a short piece of ??
>> alum tubing to sort of guide the nylaflow at the end works great- I think
>> I
>> will use some very thin copper ?safety? wire on the valve to hold it in
>> the
>> open position- designed to break if the cable is pulled- will need to
>> experiment on that just a bit?.. Earl?s makes a good valve with -6 an
>> fittings on both ends??.
>>
>>
>>
>> Alex
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>> From: reflector-bounces at tvbf.org [mailto:reflector-bounces at tvbf.org] On
>> Behalf Of Andrew Ellzey
>> Sent: Saturday, December 22, 2007 10:35 PM
>> To: Velocity Aircraft Owners and Builders list
>> Subject: Re: REFLECTOR: Fuel shut off valve
>>
>>
>>
>> Thanks Ken, I received the 3/8 fuel shut off valve with my engine kit, 
>> but
>> not the cutoff cable. Your explanation of where you would mount the
>> shutoff
>> valve was just exactly what I was thinking of doing for my aircraft. I 
>> was
>> going to order the cable from AS. I didn't know Velocity had one on there
>> web site. The longest cable that AS stocks is 10'. I measured that I
>> needed
>> 11'. Do you know how long Velocities cable is? The length for their fuel
>> shutoff cable isn't mentioned on the Velocity store.
>>
>>
>>
>> Andy
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----
>> From: "KMis178813 at aol.com" <KMis178813 at aol.com>
>> To: reflector at tvbf.org
>> Sent: Saturday, December 22, 2007 7:27:56 PM
>> Subject: Re: REFLECTOR: Fuel shut off valve
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Andy
>>
>>   Fuel shut off valve and cable looks like they are available on the
>> Velocity web site. You only need to glass in a hard point to hold the
>> cable
>> housing with a DG3 Adel clamp (MS21919WDG3). A hole or 3, for adjustment
>> of
>> throw, in the shutoff valve handle and a Z bend in the cable completes 
>> the
>> deal. Great for shutting off the fuel for filter inspections also. I like
>> to
>> mount the valve inside the firewall and the filter / pump outside.
>>
>>                               Ken Mishler
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