REFLECTOR: FOD

[aminetech at bluefrog.com]

"prop guard" is the brand

--- douglas.holub at gmail.com wrote:

From: "Douglas Holub" <douglas.holub at gmail.com>
To: "Velocity Aircraft Owners and Builders list" <reflector at tvbf.org>
Subject: Re: REFLECTOR: FOD
Date: Mon, 15 Jun 2009 10:02:55 -0500

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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