Bellcrank Installation

Next the bellcranks needed to be installed. These levers attach to the rudder cable and actuate the rudders. The standard installation is to mount these outboard of the winglet where they can be seen. This isn’t very pretty so we opted for the option internal bell cranks. First a notch is made in the rudder […]

Attaching Hinge to Aileron

Once the aileron was fitted in the opening, the hinges were temporarily attached to the aileron by ‘5 minute’ epoxy. The epoxy was applied to the hinge, and the hinge had sponge rubber foam stuffed behind it, so that when the aileron was braced in place, the rubber pushed the hinge against the aileron while […]

2003 – N658SE – Bob Wood – Velocity XL/FG – Casa Grande, AZ – 0

“Bob1” has had a second accident. Check out the first crash here. The airplane landed hard, bounced, and touched down again with the left main landing gear off the runway. On the second touchdown, the left main landing gear came into contact with soft sand. The airplane veered off of the runway. As the nose […]

Strake Repair and Canard Tips

Holidays are over, major Strake Repair is complete, Canard Tips installed. For formatting only Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisci elit, sed eiusmod tempor incidunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrum exercitationem ullam corporis suscipit laboriosam, nisi ut aliquid ex ea commodi consequatur. Quis aute iure reprehenderit in voluptate […]

Installating Aileron Hinge

In this section, the first step is to locate and notch the hinge pockets, and remove 1/4″ from the wing trailing edge in order for the aileron counterweight to clear during it’s travel. The 8″ hinge is the most inboard, 5″ from the inboard end of the well, and the 2 6″ hinge are spaced […]

Magazine: Velocity Views – 2003

Velocity Views – 2003 V33 – Q1 2003 Download Branson Missouri Fly-In, Stolen XL RG N457M, Velocity November Open House, Reflections V34 – Q2 2003 Download Velocity XL-5 Debut of the “Dash 5”, N271TC Demo Child’s Play, AIRCRAFT LEVELING AND RIGGING, Chinese sale, Demo aircraft theft, N713MR FIRST FLIGHT Ronnie Brown V35 – Q3 2003 […]