REFLECTOR: FOD

[Scott Derrick]

Thats pretty interesting Jack.  Thanks for posting those.

I wonder how that full fender would do in the snow or slush?  It looks
like it would build up snow/slush while on the ground and then pool up
in the fender once you raise the gear?  Possibly freezing in the fender
while in flight.

I was thinking about making a much shorter fender just to stop the
slinging of water and stuff up into the wheel well.  Seems like
something that covers about a third of what is shown in the picture
would do that and it wouldn't require a mod to the doors that could
potentially weaken the doors.  I'm would still be somewhat worried about
collecting snow/slush between the wheel and the fender.

I have operated on snow a number of times and never had a problem, but
you never know...

Scott

Jack Prock wrote:
>  
> I was able to get a few pics of Lynn Cook's nose wheel fender last week.
> Lynn said he does monitor the Reflector, so if you have any questions,
> direct them to him.
>  
> One picture is of the change he had to make in the nose gear door so
> that the fender
> would fit. Lynn has a standard Velo and the nose gear with the fender
> would not fit in the nose
> without the door being modified.
>  
> I had to reduce the size of these pics so they could be posted, if you
> want ones that are
> bigger, let me know and I will email you directly.
>  
> Jack
>

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