2023 – N585V – Richard Harptster – Velocity XL/FG – Lakeland, FL – 0
Gear/brake issue on landing at Sun-n-Fun. | FAA | NTSB initial | NTSB factual | NTSB probable cause | Kathyrn’s | News 1 | Flight Aware| Click for a larger image
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2021 – N921TM – David Root – Velocity XL/RG – Denton, TX – 0
Main gear did not lock prior to landing. | FAA | NTSB initial | NTSB factual | NTSB probable cause | Kathyrn’s | News 1 | Flight Aware| Click for a larger image
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Knurled Bushing Installation in Bulkheads
Installing the main gear bushings in the fast build fuselage seems easy enough, right. It’s all done, just pop the bolt out, mix up some structural adhesive, put the bolts in, and snug it up. It does seem simple, I admit, but apparently as Hamlet said “I know not seems”, because once the bolts are […]
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Install Nose Gear Strut
Much of this section was completed prior to delivery as part of the quick build fuselage. The location of the king pin and shock locations were set, for example, but we did rough out the inside skin where the gear leg pass down through and reinforce it with two layers of bid. Then we located […]
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