REFLECTOR: FW: Nose Gear Rubber Bumper

Stockman, Bill bill.stockman at daytonaero.com
Sat May 9 17:35:19 CDT 2009


I used the tried and true method of sand bags and had my neighbor sit in the front seat to compress the rubber while I attached the captivator plate.    Worked great.

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From: reflector-bounces at tvbf.org on behalf of Dennis Martin
Sent: Sat 5/9/2009 11:16 AM
To: Velocity Aircraft Owners and Builders list
Subject: Re: REFLECTOR: FW: Nose Gear Rubber Bumper


Jorge Bujanda suggested another way. He put like 150 or so pounds in the nose until the gear pressed against the rubber. Anyone out there that has done it this way? I'm ready to reinstall my captivator plate tomorrow. Thanks for sharing your technique.

Dennis Martin
Chevy Powered 173 FG Elite


On Tue, May 5, 2009 at 1:10 PM, Velocity_AZ <velocity_az at cox.net> wrote:


	You want the rubber bumper to be compressed when the plane is on all 3s -
	this will take the bounce out and give a more solid feel when taxiing. I
	found the best way to accomplish this was to temporarily remove the
	captivator plate, put some shims behind the rubber bumper, jack up the plane
	(from the wing roots) which forces the nose gear against the rubber bumper
	compressing it, then re-install the captivator plate. When you set the plane
	back down on all 3s, the rubber bumper is under compression.
	
	Kevin Steiner
	
	-----Original Message-----
	From: reflector-bounces at tvbf.org [mailto:reflector-bounces at tvbf.org] On
	Behalf Of Stockman, Bill
	Sent: Tuesday, May 05, 2009 10:17 AM
	To: Velocity Aircraft Owners and Builders list
	Subject: Re: REFLECTOR: FW: Nose Gear Rubber Bumper
	
	One thing some of us have discovered with the new rubber bumper--it make
	solid contact with the gear leg after you take off--so now you can feel if
	you nose wheel is even slightly out of balance.
	
	Bill Stockman, Senior Associate
	Dayton Aerospace
	
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	From: reflector-bounces at tvbf.org [mailto:reflector-bounces at tvbf.org] On
	Behalf Of Tom
	Sent: Tuesday, May 05, 2009 12:58 PM
	To: reflector at tvbf.org
	Subject: Re: REFLECTOR: FW: Nose Gear Rubber Bumper
	
	Nothing came through...I & the velocity service center, installed the new
	type rubber bumper yesterday. Big improvement. Tom
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Dennis

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