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

[Brett Ferrell via Reflector]

Bob,



First off, I'm delighted that you're down safely... and not in
Alaska.  Small blessings, though I'm sure you're very
disappointed you have to take the airplane apart.



Second, the gentleman who helped me I don't believe is in the
business anymore, but you could try him.  Getting a trailer
like his would be wonderful as we were able to simply winch the
airplane up and screw/strap the wings to the bed.  We weren't
in paint, so we were less ginger than you would want to be, but
his trailer was setup for aircraft salvage, and was very roomy.
[Roger Cummins - (937) 533-6111]



[1]http://www.velocityxl.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=1308&d
=1277777791

[2]http://www.velocityxl.com/content.php?637-Incident-Flight

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Brett
--
Brett Ferrell
[3]bferrell at fastmail.fm



On Mon, Aug 11, 2014, at 10:41 AM, Bob Jackson via Reflector
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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