REFLECTOR: N2XF Down in Stevensville -- Trailer Stands for Wings?

[Geoff Gerhardt via Reflector]

Bob,

Sorry to hear about your incident.  Here's a link to a post on how I moved
my plane.  It was not fully completed, at that time and is a standard
Velocity.  Might give you some ideas on how to scaffold it to secure it for
trailering.

http://thegerhardts.com/velocity/?page_id=6

Geoff


On Mon, Aug 11, 2014 at 10:41 AM, Bob Jackson via Reflector <
reflector at tvbf.org> wrote:

> We safely emergency –landed N2XF (Turbo-550N Velocity XL/RG) in
> Stevensville (32S) about 25 miles south of Missoula, MT yesterday
> afternoon.
>
>
>
> While on a short ‘demo-FAM’ flight with the son of a lifelong friend, I
> noticed oil pressure down at ~10 psi and decided to make an emergency
> landing in Stevensville, about 25 NM south of Missoula.  About ¼ miles
> short and 100’ AGL of the Stevensville runway the engine surged and quit.
> I feathered the prop and we were able to safely land on the 3800’ paved
> runway.  The engine seized and you can’t turn it much now on the ground.
> The preliminary cause appears to be an internal oil seal leak in the
> pilot-side turbo.  There was a small amount of oil on the outside of the
> bearing section and dull black staining inside the turbo exhaust pipe, but
> no other oil leaks on the engine.
>
>
>
> N2XF is based at X04 (Orlando Apopka airport) and I think we’ve decided
> the best approach is to pull the wings and trailer the plane back home to
> work on it there.
>
>
>
> Our current plan is to rent an ~8x16 ft open bed trailer (U-Haul?) and
> temporarily hitch it to a big engine rental car and drive it back to
> Orlando.  Our questions concern whether the rental car companies will let
> us pull a trailer, and also any special ‘rigs’, suggestions or advice any
> of our Velocity friends may have concerning particular trailers, tools or
> techniques.
>
>
>
> More specifically, we’re wondering if anyone has any photos of cradles or
> rigs they used to trailer wings under the fuselage and keep them from
> getting scratched or damaged…
>
>
>
> Considering many of the ‘nasty’, rugged terrains and cold waters we’ve
> been over during the last three weeks of our trip from Orlando to Anchorage
> and (partially!) back, we’re fortunate and very grateful to now have the
> plane safely down on a small strip in Montana!
>
>
>
> We would appreciate any photos of wing cradle-stands, other special tools
> or jigs, or other suggestions for trailering our plane and wings back to
> Florida!
>
>
>
> Thanks,
>
> Bob Jackson
>
> Velocity XL-RG N2XF
>
> Custom Turbo IO-550N
>
>
>
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