REFLECTOR:Oshkosh

[Ronnie Brown]

I met a lot of Reflectorites at Oshkosh this week and really enjoyed meeting
everybody.  Even met several folks who are building but didn't know how to
get on the Reflector.  Hopefully, they'll sign up at www.tvbf.org or will
email me so I can get them pointed there.

Unfortunately, I can't remember everybody's names (should have made a
list!!!).

Doug Doers had the dieseled Velocity there along with Jack Sheehan's
gorgeous XL RG.  And the factory had the 5 seater there with a really nice
panel - just stay away from the lightning!!!

Lots of folks still interested in the Velocity kit.  They killed a lot of
grass!

And I flew my new Velocity - what a nice ride!  I flew about 5 hours IFR.
What a nice cross country plane!  Mine "only" cruises at 160 kts, but the
Garmin 430, Navaid autopilot, and Microencoder altitude alert, along with
the very pitch stable Velocity just was a real pleasure.

Ronnie



----- Original Message -----
From: "Pat Shea" <xl340hp@yahoo.com>
To: <reflector@tvbf.org>
Sent: Tuesday, July 29, 2003 9:47 PM
Subject: Re: REFLECTOR:retractable gear -mechanical stop to limit up travel


| Jack,
|
| I inquired about this a while back. My concern was
| that during gear extension/retraction in turbulence
| the strake tops could potentially take a pretty good
| hit from the tire - regardless of how the hydraulic
| stops are adjusted. Here's the reply I got which seems
| like a great idea:
|
| >>Pat:
|
| >>I installed bumpers on the transverse bulkhead.  I
| >>first adjusted the stops on my hydraulic cylinders
| so
| >>the tire rubbed the top strake skin....mine is
| ground
| >>out to get the gear as high as possible.  Let it rub
| >>since you can adjust a gap when you install the
| >>bumpers.  When I got it adjusted the gear knee came
| >>about 3/8" from the transverse bulkhead.  I just
| took
| >>a 2"x2" square of 1/4" plywood, plopped it onto the
| >>transverse bulkhead where it would lie flush to the
| >>gear knee, and retracted the gear.  The flox took up
| >>the 1/8" slack and the plywood cured flush w/ the
| >>gearleg.  You can dress  up the edges.  I then
| >>covered the plywood w/ a rubber piece to prevent it
| >>from marring the legs; that rubber also takes up
| >>room to create whatever, if any, gap you may want
| >>between the tire and the top strake skin.  I didn't
| >>worry about it since when I'm retracted I can still
| >>turn the wheel, though it squeeks from touching the
| >>top strake skin.
|
| >>Seems to work great.  Hope that helps.
|
| >>Mike
|
| --- jack <jetjock@frontiernet.net> wrote:
| > I recall seeing pictures somewhere showing a
| > mechanical stop, to stop the tire from raising to
| > high in the well.
| > I cannot locate any reference to any stops in the
| > manual.
| > I understand that if properly set up ,this should
| > not be an issue ,but in any case wonder what others
| > have done, and if they have installed a stop, where
| > did you install it?
| >                                            Thanks
| >                                             Jack
| > std rg elite
| >
|
|
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