Nose Pant 2.0

Here we go again. Nose pants are notorious in Velocity circles for getting chucked off for various offenses. I can only hope we can spare this one. Jerry has set up the paint booth in his shop to paint the underside of N202VB, so he was kind enough to shoot this too. I’m hoping to […]

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 […]

[VIDEO] Return to Service Flight – Post Paint

Here’s Dave Bertram gently easing my baby back to the air after getting paint (and repairs and upgrades). This flight was without the nose oil cooler, and the temperatures were way too high. For formatting only Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisci elit, sed eiusmod tempor incidunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. […]

[VIDEO] Flying with new paint – with Jerry

Everything checked out, so we got Jerry some stick time. 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 […]

Speed Brake Cutout Peeling

Here’s the first bit of paint to come off of the airplane. I say the first to avoid the disappointment if it spreads outside of the speed brake cutout. Obviously a lot of oil from our nose leak dripped out this cut out and the whole area was very very messy. We cleaned it several […]

Clear Coating Control Surfaces

We ran out tonight just long enough to clear coat the ailerons and elevators to kick off the long weekend. I want to get the fuselage back into the hangar on Saturday so we can work on it, so we needed to be done with painting. They look nice, and I’m officially bringing the paint […]