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

Scott Derrick scott at tnstaafl.net
Fri Jul 24 19:18:25 CDT 2009


With the nose gear doors closed and the main gear doors removed, it
should fly as fast as any fixed gear..

Scott

aminetech at bluefrog.com wrote:
> 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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