New Brake Lines

As I mentioned in the blog, I’ve decided to move my brake line exit from by the pilot seat to forward of the canard bulkhead. This will allow a much cleaner interior installation, and the brake lines will come through the same bulkhead opening as the wiring, which I’ve added some windlace (from the doors) […]

The Riley door fix

I noticed one day that Mark had posted a fix for a problem he was having with his doors. It seemed surprisingly like one were were having, namely that the outside door handle was rubbing and leaving marks on the outside skin paint. When he pulled his doors, he found that the foam was crushed […]

Nose Pants

Now that the main gear pants are on and test flown, we’re getting ready to install the nose pant. Unfortunately the nose pant is the cause of much concern in the Velocity community. It apparently is one of the leading causes, maybe the primary or only cause, of nose wheel shimmy. There are a variety […]

Main Gear Pants

Here you can see we’ve finally mounted and flown our main gear pants. They were worth it, near as we can tell right now, right about 10 kias.

Shimmy Dampener

Before flight you need to recheck that your nosewheel torque is correct so you don’t get nosewheel shimmy. See the Nosewheel Shimmy Dampener section for more inforamtion. Shimmy Dampener Nose Wheel Belleville washers For formatting only Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisci elit, sed eiusmod tempor incidunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad […]

Interior Door Cover, Part III

Here are a couple of quick shots of our doors with the covers installed and the experimental stickers applied. Door Open Door Closed 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 […]