REFLECTOR:Incident/crash

Al Gietzen reflector@tvbf.org
Sat, 24 May 2003 08:48:52 -0700


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Having the gas spring go dead is a very high possibility.  I just =
replaced
another one the other day.  This makes two in 5 years.

The gas I have went dead about 6 mo after I installed the gear system; =
long
before the plane would ever fly (it still hasn't).  Using a gas spring =
there
never made any sense to me.  It is guaranteed to fail, is difficult to
replace, and the reason to use a gas cylinder (damping) doesn't exist =
here
because to system is already damped by the hydraulic cylinder. =20

I decided long ago that I would replace it with a standard spring before =
I
fly, and figured by then someone else would come up with a design.  I =
was
sure that someone, and presumably the factory; would have done that by =
now,
and shared it with the rest of us.  Still waiting. =20

Al

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