REFLECTOR:Confession Week!!!

[Scott Derrick]

Paul,

Good luck on your first flight.

I took the shortcut and bought a basket case Velocity.  When inspecting it 
with the A&P I hired for the pre-buy,  I noticed a large black arrow on the 
nose wheel fork.

I asked him what is that for?  He said the previous owner needed that so he 
knew the nose gear was in the correct position for flight!!!

Scott

At 05:07 PM 6/4/2004, you wrote:
>I've enjoyed this subject line immensely because I've "been there" so
>many times. My proudest moment came five years ago when I had just taken
>delivery on the XLRG kit. What a joy to roll that "fastbuild" into the
>womb of my garage. But something was concerning me. The nose gear and
>wheel didn't look like it was going to fit into the nose compartment. To
>my despair my observations were confirmed with a tape measure. Yep, the
>gear was too long. After much pondering I could only surmise that the
>factory had sent me the gear strut to some other model. I phoned my
>concerns to Mark Machado who was our West Coast tech support at the
>time.
>
>After explaining in detail the exact measurements, there was a long
>silence from the other end. Those of you who knew Mark know he had a low
>tolerance for imbecility. At length I heard, "Paul, try swiveling the
>nose wheel 180 degrees."
>
>N992PC was delivered from my garage to the airport last week. Yesterday
>saw the successful initial fire up of the engine. What a high it is to
>hear that authoritative growl for the first time! Its maybe the closest
>thing for a guy to experience giving birth. Well, it does prove that
>morons can build a Velocity. But will it fly?
>
>Paul
>
>-----Original Message-----
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>
>Whoa! That gives me the heebies just thinking about how close that was!
>
> > I was shookup and hadnt even noticed the prop had actually
> > hit the back of my hand just skinning it slightly.
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