REFLECTOR: FOD

[Laurence Coen]

I got mine from McFarlane www.mcfarlaneaviation.com 866-923-2741

Larry Coen
N136LC


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From: <aminetech at bluefrog.com>
Sent: Monday, June 15, 2009 2:27 PM
To: "Velocity Aircraft Owners and Builders list" <reflector at tvbf.org>
Subject: Re: REFLECTOR: FOD

> "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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