REFLECTOR: FOD

[Douglas Holub]

Just JB Weld.  The first time I made the repair I thought it would be too runny so I added a little Cabosil. And the gouge looked very clean and I was concerned about leaving any residue on the maple, so I didn't clean with acetone or laquer thinner first. Lonnie Prince said to clean the area with acetone or laquer thinner and to use JB Weld, but that's not what I did.  I let it cure a couple of days and then ran the engine for a few minutes before taking off to make sure it was going to hold, then took off for a two hour flight. When I landed, the JB Weld was gone and the gouge was back. So I repaired it the second time just like Lonnie said to do it, and it has been holding for 6 hours so far. 

Doug
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: cgputney at genevaonline.com 
  To: Velocity Aircraft Owners and Builders list 
  Sent: Monday, June 15, 2009 2:04 PM
  Subject: Re: REFLECTOR: FOD


  What was that mixture to repair nicks, JBWeld and ?
  Gordon
    ----- Original Message ----- 
    From: nmflyer1 at aol.com 
    To: im at theaerodro.me ; reflector at tvbf.org 
    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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