REFLECTOR: Brand New Door

[Dennis Martin]

Builder with off-field landing damage - Not sure my message got posted. Glad
to share my experience with windscreen and rear windows. Give me a call so
we can discuss details.

Dennis
801-358-3614

On Sat, Oct 3, 2009 at 11:25 AM, Dennis Martin <dennis.doc at gmail.com> wrote:

> Congrats, Al. If anyone ever needs to replace a forward windscreen, let me
> know. I learned some excellent methods from Malcolm Collier. FYI, I think
> Malcolm moved to Panama for a while to work on a V.
>
> Dennis
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> On Fri, Oct 2, 2009 at 9:36 PM, Chuck <c.harbert1 at verizon.net> wrote:
>
>>  Very nice repair!
>>
>>  *From:* Al Gietzen <ALVentures at cox.net>
>> *Sent:* Friday, October 02, 2009 7:08 PM
>> *To:* reflector <reflector at tvbf.org>
>> *Subject:* REFLECTOR: Brand New Door
>>
>>  Finally; the new door and its custom strake extension, etc., and the new
>> rear window are complete and Velocity 755V was back in the air today.
>> Whoo-hoo!
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>> And BTW; if I gave the impression that I was upset with the people at
>> Velocity; that is not the case.  Ken made every effort to be helpful, as
>> did Art when Ken was off to OSH.  These are great people, and, yes a
>> mistake was made in one of the shipments, but that happens.  Ken was on the
>> spot as well – he doesn’t make the parts.  What I think needs addressing is
>> how parts get out the door that are incomplete or faulty – quality control.
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>> Anyway, the job is done, and is good as new – well; maybe better, because
>> now there is a warning circuit for the latch pins not being fully inserted.
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>> I went with the new version door strut geometry; but it doesn’t live up to
>> its promise.  More on that later.
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>>
>> Al
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> All the best,
> Dennis
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All the best,
Dennis
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