REFLECTOR: Mechanical Nose Gear Doors
Brainard, Jerry
Jerry.Brainard at anthem.com
Wed Nov 5 07:57:47 CST 2008
Yes I did. Thanks Ken.
- jerry
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From: reflector-bounces at tvbf.org [mailto:reflector-bounces at tvbf.org] On
Behalf Of KMis178813 at aol.com
Sent: Tuesday, November 04, 2008 9:35 PM
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Subject: Re: REFLECTOR: Mechanical Nose Gear Doors
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
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
- 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
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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
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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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