REFLECTOR: Deflected Gear Leg

Mon Dec 24 21:11:29 CST 2007

I deflected my lower gear leg due to overheating the brakes. Has anyone had 
the same problem and if so were you able to straighten the gear leg? I would 
appreciate any advice in this subject. Have a Merry Christmas everyone.

Dean Unterreiner
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> Date: Sun, 23 Dec 2007 16:40:47 -0800
> From: "Al Gietzen" <ALVentures at cox.net>
> Subject: Re: REFLECTOR: Fuel shut off valve
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> Andy;
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> I added an emergency shutoff valve near the exit from the sump tank.  It's 
> a
> 'ball' valve with a push-pull cable to the handle.  The cable leads to the
> pilots seat frame near the keel; where pulling the red round handle shuts
> off the fuel.  Not sure where I got the parts, but likely from AS.  From 
> the
> point under the front of the seat to the valve is less than 10 ft.
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> Sorry - no photo.
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> Al
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> From: reflector-bounces at tvbf.org [mailto:reflector-bounces at tvbf.org] On
> Behalf Of Andrew Ellzey
> Sent: Saturday, December 22, 2007 4:59 PM
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> Subject: REFLECTOR: Fuel shut off valve
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> I am working on my fuel system and wanted to know how many builders added 
> a
> push pull cable to their fuel shut off valve to be able to shut off their
> fuel in case of fire. I am considering adding a locking T handle with easy
> access for the pilot. If anyone has already made this modification, I 
> would
> be interested in pictures and a parts list of materials used.
>
> Andy Ellzey
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> Date: Sun, 23 Dec 2007 22:37:56 -0600
> From: "Alex Balic" <velocity_pilot at verizon.net>
> Subject: Re: REFLECTOR: Fuel shut off valve
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> I used a 3/8 valve at the sump tank outlet- instead of trying to find a
> pre-fab cable- I made one from nylaflow and rudder cable- it won?t ?push?
> but you won?t need to be doing that anyway- I terminated the end of the
> nylaflow with a small aluminum bracket with a 3/16 rivet in it- cable goes
> through the rivet , but nylaflow does not- also added a short piece of ??
> alum tubing to sort of guide the nylaflow at the end works great- I think 
> I
> will use some very thin copper ?safety? wire on the valve to hold it in 
> the
> open position- designed to break if the cable is pulled- will need to
> experiment on that just a bit?.. Earl?s makes a good valve with -6 an
> fittings on both ends??.
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> Alex
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> From: reflector-bounces at tvbf.org [mailto:reflector-bounces at tvbf.org] On
> Behalf Of Andrew Ellzey
> Sent: Saturday, December 22, 2007 10:35 PM
> To: Velocity Aircraft Owners and Builders list
> Subject: Re: REFLECTOR: Fuel shut off valve
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> Thanks Ken, I received the 3/8 fuel shut off valve with my engine kit, but
> not the cutoff cable. Your explanation of where you would mount the 
> shutoff
> valve was just exactly what I was thinking of doing for my aircraft. I was
> going to order the cable from AS. I didn't know Velocity had one on there
> web site. The longest cable that AS stocks is 10'. I measured that I 
> needed
> 11'. Do you know how long Velocities cable is? The length for their fuel
> shutoff cable isn't mentioned on the Velocity store.
>
>
>
> Andy
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> From: "KMis178813 at aol.com" <KMis178813 at aol.com>
> To: reflector at tvbf.org
> Sent: Saturday, December 22, 2007 7:27:56 PM
> Subject: Re: REFLECTOR: Fuel shut off valve
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> Andy
>
>   Fuel shut off valve and cable looks like they are available on the
> Velocity web site. You only need to glass in a hard point to hold the 
> cable
> housing with a DG3 Adel clamp (MS21919WDG3). A hole or 3, for adjustment 
> of
> throw, in the shutoff valve handle and a Z bend in the cable completes the
> deal. Great for shutting off the fuel for filter inspections also. I like 
> to
> mount the valve inside the firewall and the filter / pump outside.
>
>                               Ken Mishler
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