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1. 11:30 AM - Re: Wheel Pants Query (Bill Mauledriver Watson)
2. 04:36 PM - vancouver (lbgjb10)
3. 06:15 PM - Re: vancouver (Linn Walters)
4. 10:50 PM - Re: vancouver (Seano)
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| Subject: | Re: Wheel Pants Query |
John, sounds like you have a construction tip or two to make here but I
can't figure out what it is. May be clearer once I start on the gear
fairings, but do you have a tip or two I would benefit from.
John Cox wrote:
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> Finished a Conditional Inspection on a 10 year old RV-6A two weeks
> ago. 3 hours of flying later, the owner/operator found a soft spot in
> a grass runway/taxiway. The issue is not if it will crack, it will be
> WHEN it cracks. The owner would never admit to deviation from the
> correct taxiway/runway surface. It was just a fluke of nature - blame
> in on the Wet Pacific Northwest and all the Canadian Winter Olympic
> weather finding its way south to Callifornia.
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> The dual piece nose bowl impacted the nose strut fairing and the
> ground. Over the last few years the accumulation of contaminates
> (drool) from the lower engine cowl absorbed into the inside of the
> strut fairing glass which led to premature failure of the glass/resin
> reinforcement between the MS hinge and fairing. Few if any builders
> are sealing the glass (with epoxy topcoat) from such a similar
> occurrence. The nose bowl was repairable. The point of contact was the
> trailing edge of the nose fairing which hit when the tire went into
> the pothole. So think about a ground contact with your T.E. as you
> consider the mounting system. The replacement parts kit was only $73
> US. It took out everything below the lower engine cowl. The owner will
> be helping finance my RV-10 with the cost to build it better the
> second time, paint to match it the first, and I will be sure it is
> post-modified (for future contact between the nose wheel fairing and
> the strut fairing) for that second sneaky pothole that jumps out at
> you along the aircraft's future life. Another friend was taxiing a
> brand new PC-12 for demo flight in the fog and rain. A distant cousin
> of the same pothole family, different taxiway, different airport. Damn
> they can jump out at you.
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> From the mud, left on the nose fairing, I cannot guess what might have
> happened with harder ground.
>
> "Build it once, Fly it often, think of what it takes to maintain or
> repair frequently". be glad it's not a Certificated production
> aircraft. MOT is as bad as our FAA.
>
> That is our stories and we three are all sticking to them!
>
> John
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headed to Vancouver in Iron Tube (yuck) any sightseeing suggestions, hotel suggestions??
thanks.
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Larry and Gayle N104LG
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Stayed at the Mariott .... took the bus to the park .... aquarium,
trees, totem exhibit .... weekends had cricket games going on, but that
was in august.
Linn
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A temporary flight restriction over the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics and
Paralympics will cover the area, including parts of Washington State, for
nearly two months: from Jan. 29 to March 24.
----- Original Message -----
From: "lbgjb10" <lbgjb@gnt.net>
Sent: Monday, February 22, 2010 5:32 PM
Subject: RV10-List: vancouver
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> headed to Vancouver in Iron Tube (yuck) any sightseeing suggestions, hotel
> suggestions?? thanks.
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