REFLECTOR:Gear Speed

[reflector@tvbf.org]

At 09:07 AM 12/24/03 -0500, you wrote:
>Scott,
>
>If I understood your description, you were going to leave the mains down as
>well as the (now fixed) nose gear down?  As you noted, there's not much
>hardware left to blow off the front so why don't you retract the mains and
>have at it.  At some point, the nose gear may impart nose down drag but it
>can probably be overcome with some elevator trim and maybe a little
>encouragement on the stick.

Having the nose gear down but not the mains will tend to destabilize an 
airplane around the yaw axis.  It may not be a factor with the Velocity, 
but it's something to think about, especially if you're toward the rear of 
the CG envelope.