REFLECTOR: Std. Velocity retract gear parts for sale or trade for fixed

[Jeff Barnes]

Hi John, 
 
  Good point. 
 
  I was thinking if one disables restract mechanism, you'd also close up the hole at fuselage & leg (actually, just not cut it out entirely if not already done), remove gear doors, add wheel pants - maybe add a tapered fairing for the leg, which should speed it up and remove gear-down speed restrictions. 
 
--Jeff

--- On Fri, 7/24/09, aminetech at bluefrog.com <aminetech at bluefrog.com> wrote:


From: aminetech at bluefrog.com <aminetech at bluefrog.com>
Subject: Re: REFLECTOR: Std. Velocity retract gear parts for sale or trade for fixed
To: "Velocity Aircraft Owners and Builders list" <reflector at tvbf.org>
Date: Friday, July 24, 2009, 12:33 PM




Locking the gear down should only be considered for temporary use as you can't fly much faster than 130 kn IAS - not a big limitation at 10k ft.
 
John

--- jcbarnes411 at sbcglobal.net wrote:

From: Jeff Barnes <jcbarnes411 at sbcglobal.net>
To: Velocity Aircraft Owners and Builders list <reflector at tvbf.org>
Subject: Re: REFLECTOR: Std. Velocity retract gear parts for sale or trade for fixed
Date: Fri, 24 Jul 2009 10:00:34 -0700 (PDT)






Hi Dennis, 
 
       Have you talked to the factory aboiut simply binding the over-center mechanism and disabling the retract system to make the plane a FG ?  Might be simpler, cheaper, and still preserve a better resale value as an RG.  For insurance, if the gear cannot retract, I would think it should be consider a fixed gear aircraft.
 
       For safety sake, the FG still lands at the same speeds as the RG. Get into a 172 and do no-flap landings - you'll survive.
 
       Best of luck.
 
 
Regards,
 
Jeff Barnes
XL-RG virgin kit for sale
 


--- On Fri, 7/24/09, Dennis Lennox <lostpilot3 at yahoo.com> wrote:


From: Dennis Lennox <lostpilot3 at yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: REFLECTOR: Std. Velocity retract gear parts for sale or trade for fixed
To: "Velocity Aircraft Owners and Builders list" <reflector at tvbf.org>
Date: Friday, July 24, 2009, 8:36 AM






I am a fairly low time pilot (150 hrs).  The additional flight time and training required to obtain reasonable insurance costs weighed against the 15 knots or so speed differential makes the fixed gear more practical for me.  As I indicated before, I purchased the kit from another individual.

--- On Thu, 7/23/09, Scott Derrick <scott at tnstaafl.net> wrote:


From: Scott Derrick <scott at tnstaafl.net>
Subject: Re: REFLECTOR: Std. Velocity retract gear parts for sale or trade for fixed
To: "Velocity Aircraft Owners and Builders list" <reflector at tvbf.org>
Date: Thursday, July 23, 2009, 8:57 PM


Why are you switching from retract to fixed?

Scott

Dennis Lennox wrote:
> I have all parts for a standard velocity retractible gear in original
> packaging that I would like to sell or trade for fixed gear parts. 
> This is just the gear parts not the entire kit.  I purchased the kit
> from another individual a couple years ago.  The original kit was
> delivered in 1994.  These parts appear to be in like new condition. 
>
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