REFLECTOR: FOD
Scott Derrick
scott at tnstaafl.net
Mon Jun 15 16:21:13 CDT 2009
Catto, recommends straight JB Weld. Get the JB Quick and its flyable in
a couple hours.
Scott
cgputney at genevaonline.com wrote:
> What was that mixture to repair nicks, JBWeld and ?
> Gordon
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> *From:* nmflyer1 at aol.com <mailto:nmflyer1 at aol.com>
> *To:* im at theaerodro.me <mailto:im at theaerodro.me> ;
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> *Sent:* Monday, June 15, 2009 1:57 PM
> *Subject:* Re: REFLECTOR: FOD
>
> Kent,
>
> I think that is the law of pre-disastering :) If you didn't have
> the extra blades, & did the exact same thing you would have picked
> up fod damage.
>
> I was concerned enough about my Velocity & FOD that I bought a
> sweeper for the airpark. I figure if I at least keep my taxi route
> clean, it will help us all out.
>
> I was thinking about putting a small mud flap on the wheel pants
> that sits very close to the back of the tires. If it was the same
> width as the tires it shouldn't add any drag, but just might knock
> down a pebble or two.
>
> Kurt Winker
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Kent Murley <im at theaerodro.me>
> To: Velocity Aircraft Owners and Builders list <reflector at tvbf.org>
> Sent: Mon, Jun 15, 2009 11:43 am
> Subject: Re: REFLECTOR: FOD
>
> Recent good luck:
>
> I got to see someone taxi my XLRG over sandy ground before I
> bought it and the 3 blade MT prop sucked in small sand from 8 feet
> to each side, forming a two inch wide funnel cloud from the lowest
> sweep of the blades straight down to the ground.
>
> For a while I got a few nicks in my blades, one an inch in from
> the trailing edge through which I could see light. Off to Deland,
> then Germany they went. The second time that happened I bought an
> extra set of blades so as to not lose ten weeks of good weather.
>
> Since then I always roll my plane to a clear spot for engine start
> and always taxi around any visible FOD. No nicks in several years,
> even with no speed brake or wheel pants. The extra blades are
> still in the crate.
>
> Kent Murley
>
> On Jun 15, 2009, at 9:47 AM, Douglas Holub wrote:
>
> > 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.
> > And I guess I'd better start flying with the wheel pants to
> protect > the prop.
> >
> > Doug
> >
> >
> > -
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