REFLECTOR: N2XF Down in Stevensville -- Trailer Standsfor Wings?

Mon Aug 11 19:38:53 CDT 2014

And if you crack that case, getchu teflon coated parts. Good for running 40 minutes without oil. 

Dont ask me how I know... this week anyway.

Jeff Barnes
847-331-2567

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 From: Douglas Holub via Reflector <reflector at tvbf.org>
To: Velocity Aircraft Owners and Builders list <reflector at tvbf.org> 
Sent: Monday, August 11, 2014 7:28 PM
Subject: Re: REFLECTOR: N2XF Down in Stevensville -- Trailer Standsfor	Wings?

The mechanic on our field, Neil Bachmann, left about a year ago to become 
in charge of maintenance at a school for missionary pilots in Spokane.  
Moody Aviation Fellowship (MAF) is at Felts field in Spokane, now.  I’ll 
bet they could fix your engine.  If you see him, tell him I said 
hello.

Doug

From: Jeff Barnes via Reflector 
Sent: Monday, August 11, 2014 3:44 PM
To: Don 
Johnston ; Laurence Coen ; Velocity Aircraft Owners and Builders list ; Velocity Aircraft 
Owners and Builders list 
Subject: Re: REFLECTOR: N2XF Down in Stevensville -- Trailer 
Standsfor Wings?

Depends on who's at the field to help pull, package, ship, then 
reinstall engine. If he's good, should work ok. You can get a good shipping rate 
to/fro your rebuilder with a "best bid' internet freight website (can't remember 
the name. 

That's 
how I did overhaul on my RV6 couple years ago, but I think I got lucky where it 
fell out of the sky... Dimwiddy Co airport, Petersburg VA - Frank Isbell of 
Aeroclassics Ltd did the work.  

Missoula 
is a puddle jumper from Spokane, a bigger puddle jumper to PDX or 
SEA.

Good 
to call Brian Carroll and/or CSA state rep (et al) to get local 
references.

Good 
Luck,  Jeff Barnes

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 From: Don 
Johnston via Reflector <reflector at tvbf.org>
To: Laurence Coen 
<lwcoen at hotmail.com>; Velocity Aircraft Owners and Builders list 
<reflector at tvbf.org> 
Sent: Monday, August 11, 2014 1:55 
PM
Subject: Re: REFLECTOR: N2XF 
Down in Stevensville -- Trailer Stands for Wings?

I'd have to agree with this approach.  I think it would be cheaper in 
the long run and probably a lot less frustrating than trying to trailer the 
whole thing back to Florida.

Plus you get a 
couple trips back up to MT.  Of course if it takes too long you'll be up in 
MT when it starts to get REALLY cold. :-)

On Mon, Aug 11, 2014 at 1:28 PM, Laurence 
Coen via Reflector <reflector at tvbf.org> wrote:

>
>
>
>So, if it was me I'd pull the engine, ship it out for a rebuild, then  reinstall it when it's ready and fly the plane home.
> 
>Larry Coen
>N136LC (Still for sale)
> 
>From: Stockman, Bill via Reflector 
>Sent: Monday, August 11, 2014 12:08 PM
>To: Bob  Jackson ; Velocity Aircraft Owners and Builders  list 
>Subject: Re: REFLECTOR: N2XF Down in Stevensville -- Trailer  Stands for Wings?
> 
>I suggest you  contract with a flatbed tow truck for the main body and haul the wings  yourself in a truck (or maybe on the tow truck if its big  enough).
> 
>That’s how I  hauled mine a few years ago.
> 
> 
>From:Reflector  [mailto:reflector-bounces at tvbf.org] On Behalf Of Bob Jackson via Reflector
>Sent: Monday, August 11, 2014 10:41 AM
>To: Velocity Aircraft  Owners and Builders List
>Cc: 'Bob Jackson'
>Subject: REFLECTOR: N2XF Down in Stevensville -- Trailer  Stands for Wings?
> 
>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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