REFLECTOR: Hangar talk

[davedent at comcast.net]

By the way I got my broken leg XL back up into the air again yesterday.  It's been down since a bad trip home from OSH.   But all is well again.  Boy it felt good to get it up.  

By the way, all those that haven't checked yet, make sure you check the main pivot bolts on your RG aircraft that they are grade eight bolts.  If you have a kit prier to 1999 they are grade five and should be changed.  The new plans in the site shows that they are grade eight.  So if you are working off the paper drawgs they are grade five.  

Also if you have the (V) shape air duct in the top of your cabin with the water drain line coming out the back make sure it doesn't come close to your retract system during up and down travel.  Mine did and the linkage caught on it and hung up the right gear leg on landing and slammed it back up in the well .  I then became a passenger out into the tall grass, two down one up.   Just for a small peace of plastic has cost me a great deal of money and time.  It's the little things that can bite you.  I have eliminated mine completely now.  Let it drain into the bottom of the plane and drain out.  No big deal.  

Don't wait to check, do it now before your next flight.  This should be a mandatory inspection on all RG Velocity aircraft.  Both items, grade eight bolt and water drain line. NOW
Dave
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