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> ;
>     reflector at tvbf.org <mailto:reflector at tvbf.org>
>     *Sent:* Monday, June 15, 2009 1:57 PM
>     *Subject:* Re: REFLECTOR: FOD
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>     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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