REFLECTOR: Mechanical Nose Gear Doors
KMis178813 at aol.com
KMis178813 at aol.com
Tue Nov 4 20:34:47 CST 2008
Jerry
I don't know if you saw that I posted the video or not but here is the
link
_http://wiki.velocityxl.com/index.php?title=Mishler_nose_gear_
(http://wiki.velocityxl.com/index.php?title=Mishler_nose_gear)
Thanks Ken
In a message dated 10/31/2008 11:49:36 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
Jerry.Brainard at anthem.com writes:
Ken,
I am also interested manual door closer system. How do I get one? If you
could send the movie to me off the reflector that would be most appreciated.
_Jerry at jlbent.com_ (mailto:Jerry at jlbent.com)
- jerry
N202VB
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From: reflector-bounces at tvbf.org [mailto:reflector-bounces at tvbf.org] On
Behalf Of KMis178813 at aol.com
Sent: Thursday, October 30, 2008 9:45 PM
To: reflector at tvbf.org
Subject: REFLECTOR: Mechanical Nose Gear Doors
Jack
I do have some still pictures of the mechanical nose gear door closing
mechanism but it is really hard to understand until you see it work. I will
take a short movie or 2 this weekend and send it to you off reflector. It is
difficult to make one unit for every plane. The placement of the gear pivot in
relation to the canard bulkhead seems to never be exactly the same. So
installation is a art of it's own, but when installed correctly seems to work
flawless. That being said I have 2 mechanisms made up and ready to ship. Putting
the "Gear in transit micro switch" activated by the gear door closing,
confirms that the gear is stowed and at least one door is closed. I have one
installed on Chuck Jensen's Velo (2 years) and one on Shazam (N173EX) and both are
working great.
Ken Mishler
PS I have been (helping) building a Lancair 360 for a local guy. Just
trying to see how "the other people" view things. WOW They put the windscreen
and the seats in backwards????
message dated 10/30/2008 5:43:01 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
jackprock at comcast.net writes:
Hi
Can anyone point me to a website with more pictures of the mechanical nose
door linkage? Does Ken Mischler
have a web site? I would really appreciate it.
Thanks,
Jack Prock
----- Original Message -----
From: _Chuck Jensen_ (mailto:cjensen at dts9000.com)
To: _Velocity Aircraft Owners and Builders list_ (mailto:reflector at tvbf.org)
Sent: Saturday, October 25, 2008 3:05 PM
Subject: Re: REFLECTOR: Nose gear doors don't close
Mel,
If you get tired of fiddling with the hydraulics, jerk all of that stuff out
and put in the mechanical linkage. Originally designed by David
Scharfenberg and improved by Ken Mishler, it's simplicity, elegance and reliability are
remarkable. I have probably a hundred to hundred and twenty cycles without
ever a hitch on the front nose doors. Good stuff.
Chuck Jensen
-----Original Message-----
From: reflector-bounces at tvbf.org [mailto:reflector-bounces at tvbf.org]On
Behalf Of PUSHERPILOT at wmconnect.com
Sent: Saturday, October 25, 2008 1:36 PM
To: reflector at tvbf.org; support at velocityaircraft.com
Subject: REFLECTOR: Nose gear doors don't close
While doing a pre-buy inspection on my Velocity STD RG I found that the nose
gear doors are not closing. When I lift the gear leg by hand just a
fraction of an inch the doors close. The gear had been tested several times a month
before during the annual condition inspection. The airplane had not been
flown since.
What happened in between? The gear leg is not coming up as far or the
sequence valve changed it's adjustment, or ?? After the doors close the gear leg
seems to be in the same position it always was, slightly rubbing on the doors.
My sequence valve is the old style on the floor in back. I unbolted the
forward connection on the shock/spring and reached in to adjust the sequence
valve. The only way that I could hold the valve plunger was with a hemostat,
and I turned the adjustment screw one half turn. When I put it all back
together the doors still didn't close. Perhaps the hemostat allowed the plunger to
turn.
The airplane has 120 hours. The hydraulic fluid level is OK. I tried
increasing the pressure with the two adjusting screws and that didn't help. Al
Gietzen, didn't we find that those screws didn't do anything way back when....
Any suggestions?
Mel Bina
N14B STD RG
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