REFLECTOR: Reflector Digest, Vol 80, Issue 131 - Nose gear fixes

Thu Dec 1 18:41:51 CST 2011

I had the groove in my nose gear tire on my XL too. I showed it to Duane Swing and he confirmed that it was caused by the end of the gear leg rubbing it at high speed on landing. At his suggestion, I filed some of the aft edge of the gear leg off for 1/4 inch clearance between the leg and the tire. I then replaced the nut and the tire. The fix worked and no more scuffing or scraping.

As for the nose gear nut, I bought myself a Pony brand Jumbo 1 15/16th wrench on line from Northern Tools for only $14. It didn't need to be filed down or anything - the open end side worked right out of the box.

I just diagnosed another annoying glitch as well. About midway through my landing roll out, I get a rattle almost like a very mild shimmy. The difference is that it stops immediately if I let up on the brakes. The factory advises that this is caused by a slight warping of the Cleveland brake discs. I am going to replace them and that should eliminate the problem. I can almost guarantee that this developed on my  Bahamas trip, which included several hot, fast, heavy and short landings with me standing on the brakes.

 New discs are about $ 160 per side plus a few more bucks for the pads. I'm actually happy to find out what was causing the problem and to find that it is such a straightforward fix.

Hope this helps someone else.

Mark

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> Date: Tue, 29 Nov 2011 11:27:47 -0700
> From: Scott Derrick <scott at tnstaafl.net>
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> Karl,
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> No thats a fresh air inlet for the left side back seat.  There is a 
> matching one on the right side.
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> Scott
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>> Scott, more ?'s on pic... is this a little NACA for oil line cooling?
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> Scott, 
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> You should close up that vent and just install an A/C.  I know a fellow who would love to help you out with this....he has already helped out the factory, IIRC.  Of course, we got my SEAMECH A/C working great the day before the temperature dropped....sigh ;-)....now, just to fly the darn thing.........
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> Karl,
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> No thats a fresh air inlet for the left side back seat.  There is a
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> Scott
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>> Scott, more ?'s on pic... is this a little NACA for oil line cooling?
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> From: Don Johnston <don at numa.aero>
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> I put them on mine. Although I did them a little different than yours.
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> http://www.velocity-xl.com/blog/2009/11/23/7-7-3-main-gear-doors/
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> -Don
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> I'm sure it won't add any speed, but I added a hinge and spring to allow the
> very bottom of my gear doors to completely close. Pictures attached.
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> Don,
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> I like your solution, I looked at this option on my aircraft also. But because my lower opening isn't straight, I opted to attach the hinge to my gear door. My kit is a 2005, I guess I never say the original Velocity geardoor solution. I never liked the big open hole option.
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