REFLECTOR: FOD

[Douglas Holub]

Thanks a lot, Andy.  I got one big gouge on the leading edge a month ago, as 
big as your little finger and it even gouged the maple a little bit. I was 
worried that it was too big to patch, so I sent a picture to Lonnie and he 
told me I could do it with JB Weld, and he told me about the new leading 
edge protection he was starting to use. (That JB Weld repair is working 
great, BTW. Amazing.) I guess I'll send him the prop one of these days when 
the plane is going to be on the ground for awhile.

And I guess I'd better start flying with the wheel pants to protect the 
prop. I don't like not being able to see most of the tires and the brakes, 
and I don't like how much hotter it gets inside the pants from the brakes 
after taxiing.

I just had an idea... I think I'll put a big hatch on top of the wheel pants 
that I can open up after I land to cool the brakes, and open up before I 
take off to inspect the tires and brakes. (I've already got a NACA scoop 
that blows cooling air on the brakes.)

Doug


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Andy Millin" <amillin at sbcglobal.net>
To: "'Velocity Aircraft Owners and Builders list'" <reflector at tvbf.org>
Sent: Monday, June 15, 2009 11:03 AM
Subject: Re: REFLECTOR: FOD


> Hey Doug,
>
> Lonnie called this morning looking for an update to his website.  While I
> had him on the phone I asked him about your prop.  I told him you had 
> taken
> some FOD and were asking the group for possible solutions.  He said he has 
> a
> new leading edge coating he had just started using.  I think he said he 
> had
> it on 20 props and the results are looking good.  He asked me to ask you 
> to
> call him.  I believe he would make the upgrade for you on his nickel.
>
> Andy
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: reflector-bounces at tvbf.org [mailto:reflector-bounces at tvbf.org] On
> Behalf Of Douglas Holub
> Sent: 06-15-2009 11:03
> To: Velocity Aircraft Owners and Builders list
> Subject: Re: REFLECTOR: FOD
>
> What brand of tape?
>
> Doug
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: <aminetech at bluefrog.com>
> To: "Velocity Aircraft Owners and Builders list" <reflector at tvbf.org>
> Sent: Monday, June 15, 2009 9:07 AM
> Subject: Re: REFLECTOR: FOD
>
>
>> The propguard tape has essentially eliminated all leading edge damage to
>> my prop.  The ding I have now is close to the hub where the prop guard is
>> not.
>>
>> John
>>
>> --- tomcat05 at comcast.net wrote:
>>
>> From: Tom <tomcat05 at comcast.net>
>> To: reflector at tvbf.org
>> Subject: Re: REFLECTOR: FOD
>> Date: Mon, 15 Jun 2009 02:23:04 -0400
>>
>> 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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