Mailing List flyrotary@lancaironline.net Message #46277
From: Al Gietzen <ALVentures@cox.net>
Subject: RE: [FlyRotary] Re: Texas Round Up
Date: Mon, 1 Jun 2009 08:51:04 -0800
To: 'Rotary motors in aircraft' <flyrotary@lancaironline.net>

.Wonder if this has ever happened to any other Velocity ??............Glad to hear

both you and a/c are OK.....................

 

To the best of my knowledge, mine is the fourth such incident.  Some years ago, the Velocity factory recommended an automatic lock be used, similar to the passenger side door.  I didn’t like the design because it took two hands to open the door; not exactly what I’d want in an emergency.  I thought my double spring over-center linkage on the latch was the better way; and maybe was.  I don’t know, but I have to leave open the possibility that I had not fully engaged the latch.

 

Al

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