REFLECTOR: Fixed gear - Nose Gear Gusset

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Mon Jun 1 19:13:03 CDT 2009


Kurt
   Be careful about welding on the gear leg. When the factory  makes or 
fixes a gear leg they send it to a company who heat treats it so there  should 
not be any brittle stress areas. Too soft it bends too hard it  breaks??? A 
fine line!      Always having soft landings  helps a lot also!!
    Ken
 
 
In a message dated 6/1/2009 12:20:45 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
nmflyer1 at aol.com writes:

Damn  Jim, 

That sure makes you want to beef things up a tad now doesn't  it?

Dennis is sending me some gussets that I will install. That, along  with 
the new shock should help a lot. 

thanks.   Kurt  Winker


-----Original Message-----
From: Jim Agnew  <jim_agnew_2 at yahoo.com>
To: Tom Tolton <tjtolton at charter.net>;  Dennis Martin 
<den.gayle at mediaflightplan.com>; Velocity Reflector  <reflector at tvbf.org>
Sent: Sun, 31 May 2009 5:26 pm
Subject: Re:  REFLECTOR: Fixed gear - Nose Gear Gusset

  
 

Attached are pictures of my nose gear without gussets that cracked the  
ears off and spun the nose gear 180 degrees pulling the gear bushing out of  
the keel.

James F. Agnew
_Jim_Agnew_2 at Yahoo.Com_ (mailto:Jim_Agnew_2 at Yahoo.Com) 
Tampa, FL
Velocity 173 Elite Aircraft Completed & Flying



 
____________________________________
 From: Tom Tolton <_tjtolton at charter.net_ (mailto:tjtolton at charter.net) >
To: Velocity Aircraft Owners and Builders  list <_reflector at tvbf.org_ 
(mailto:reflector at tvbf.org) >
Sent: Thursday, May 28, 2009 9:48:10  AM
Subject: Re: REFLECTOR:  Fixed gear - Nose Gear Gusset


Dennis,   

Thanks  for sharing your experience with the crack in the nose gear 
cross-bar.  I  am building an XLFG -5 and so your comments are relevant to me. I am 
very  early in the building game but  would like to purchase the substitute 
 shock absorber.   Do you know the exact part number from  Advanced  
Antivibration Components?
 
 
From: _reflector-bounces at tvbf.org_ (mailto:reflector-bounces at tvbf.org)  
[_mailto:reflector-bounces at tvbf.org_ (mailto:reflector-bounces at tvbf.org?) ]  On 
Behalf Of Dennis Martin
Sent: Wednesday, May 27, 2009 7:08  PM
To: Velocity Aircraft Owners and Builders list
Subject:  REFLECTOR: Fixed gear - Nose Gear Gusset

 
Just wondering if any fixed gear pilots have had a  problem with the cross 
bar at the top of the gear strut. I talked with Scott  Swing yesterday - he 
has observed only one example with the cross bar showing  a "crack." Since 
I've already got my strut removed to add the new rubber shock  absorber, I'll 
probably go ahead and add the gussets. If anyone wants to see a  photo, 
Jorge Bujanda has the mod on his web site.

Click on number 4 to see the mod with gussets. Great  welding job!

_http://www.jbujanda.com/ConProjects.html#NOSEGEAR_ 
(http://www.jbujanda.com/ConProjects.html#NOSEGEAR) 

Dennis  Martin
Chevy Powered 173 Elite FG 

-- 
All the  best,
Dennis






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