REFLECTOR: Aircraft leveling

[Scott Baker]

Check the landing gear sockets for breakage.
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  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Jorge Bujanda 
  To: 'Velocity Aircraft Owners and Builders list' 
  Sent: Tuesday, July 17, 2007 8:55 AM
  Subject: Re: REFLECTOR: Aircraft leveling


  Jim,

  I am not flying yet but, considering that the cause is not apparent in the gear, I would not fly it until figuring out the source.  Something gave way to cause what I believe to be a significant change after the landing.   If the spar and wings became unleveled as a whole (both sides), and that is probably your case, I would look further in the gear and its structural points.  I would also run your question and final outcome through Velocity.  They may have additional knowledge and experience to share with you and as Velocity owners, we want them to be the repository of information so that we all can tap into that knowledge as needed.  My 2 cents.   

   

  Regards,

  Jorge Bujanda
  Velocity XL FG 

  Palmdale, CA
  Website:  http://members.dslextreme.com/users/jbujanda/

   

  "Make your best case... not the best case."
  "Spare the noise... convince through silence."

   

   


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  From: reflector-bounces at tvbf.org [mailto:reflector-bounces at tvbf.org] On Behalf Of Jim & Sharon Beck
  Sent: Monday, July 16, 2007 11:01 PM
  To: Velocity Aircraft Owners and Builders list
  Subject: REFLECTOR: Aircraft leveling

   

   

     After a  really hard landing with side drift the gear on my 173 RG showed cracking in the fiberglass & pain and also the gear doors broke loose, more like a semi controlled crash. After removing the gear and all paint and wraps to the core to check for damage, we determined they were not damaged so redid the lay-ups with carbon fiber and reinstalled.  bolts were not bent and go in and out easily and no other apparent damage.  The camber on the axels in the same as before in specs and the upper gear fits tight in the sockets just as it did before but now I have one wingtip about 2& 1/2 inches lower than the other and the spar is no longer level sitting on the ground.. 

    Does anyone have any Ideas as to what could have changed to cause this. I would guess the remedy would be to move the sockets but then this would change the camber and make it necessary to fix that also.  Im planning to flyit this way and see if the legs change shape a little after a few landings as everything else went right back in place.   

    Thanks.

    Jim

     



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