REFLECTOR: Nose Gear Struts - Safety Issue

[Scott Baker]

Hello John,
If Velocity did some welding on the gear and it came back to you painted any 
color (other than totally green with zinc chromate), your gear is probably 
affected.  The double walled "taco" gussets are definitely welded to the 
leg.  If yours is somehow bolted, it is something unfamiliar.
Best regards,
Scott B.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "John Dibble" <aminetech at bluefrog.com>
To: "Velocity Aircraft Owners and Builders list" <reflector at tvbf.org>
Sent: Friday, April 22, 2005 5:21 PM
Subject: Re: REFLECTOR: Nose Gear Struts - Safety Issue


> My gear leg is painted.  Looking up from underneath the upper part looks 
> green, but it
> is hard to see.  The "taco" appears to be bolted on.  I bought my 
> Velocity, so I don't
> know what was done before 5/03.
>
> John
>
> Scott Baker wrote:
>
>> If you sent your nose gear to Velocity, Inc. and had the company add the
>> taco gusset to your gear leg - this would be considered a 
>> retro-fit/repair
>> which is affected by this warning.  If factory supplied a new gear leg
>> (identified by the green colored zinc chromate primer), this would not be
>> affected.
>> SB
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "John Dibble" <aminetech at bluefrog.com>
>> To: "Velocity Aircraft Owners and Builders list" <reflector at tvbf.org>
>> Sent: Friday, April 22, 2005 12:03 AM
>> Subject: Re: REFLECTOR: Nose Gear Struts - Safety Issue
>>
>> > How do I determine if my gusset was retro-fitted?
>> >
>> > John
>> >
>> > Scott Baker wrote:
>> >
>> >> Look for Velocity, Inc. to issue a safety warning and recall of nose 
>> >> gear
>> >> struts that have been retro-fitted with the double wall "taco" style
>> >> gusset.
>> >> This notice is in response to several recent nose gear incidents where
>> >> the
>> >> nose strut itself has broken below the taco gusset.  The breakages
>> >> occured
>> >> after hard landings and/or nose wheel shimmey incidents.
>> >> The nose gear strut supplied with the kit is heat treated.  This 
>> >> warning
>> >> does not apply to new or unaltered nose gear struts.  It applies ONLY 
>> >> to
>> >> nose gear struts that have had gusset repairs that required welding 
>> >> and
>> >> which have not been normalized and re-heat treated following the 
>> >> repair.
>> >
>> >
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