REFLECTOR: FOD

[Douglas Holub]

Thanks. That's probably the problem; I've been flying without wheel pants.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Tom" <tomcat05 at comcast.net>
To: <reflector at tvbf.org>
Sent: Monday, June 15, 2009 1:23 AM
Subject: Re: REFLECTOR: FOD


> The first 10 hours on my fixed gear were flown without fairings (as per 
> the handbook for help slowing on final). Pretty much every flight I would 
> have dings on prop since homebase runway is a WWII concrete ramp that 
> regurgitates lots of concrete and aggregate. After putting the wheelpants 
> on, the problem virtually disappeared.
> (I had tried the taxi with the belly door down suggestion-no 
> improvement--I think the mains were mostly doing it)...Tom
>
> Douglas Holub wrote:
>>/ I've only got about 55 hours on my Velocity but I've had to fix dings
> />/ in the propeller 4 times already. I only land on asphalt runways.
> />/ After 500 hours my beautiful propeller will probably have 40 filled in
> />/ dings. It's a black carbon-fiber-over-maple Prince P-Tip prop.
> />/
> />/ I wish I could use a metal prop. I've started keeping the speed brake
> />/ down when I taxi to keep stuff from the nose wheel hitting the 
> propeller.
> />/
> />/ Doug Holub
> />/ Standard FG w/ electric nose lift
> /
>
>
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