REFLECTOR:Confession Week!!!
Alex Balic
reflector@tvbf.org
Fri, 28 May 2004 21:25:21 -0500
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I'm glad you didn't catch your fingers in there Al- I was moving the linkage
around at some point (with both sides on the jacks) and I lost my grip on
the gear leg I was manipulating (from the linkage side) and busted my hand
up pretty good- would have been disastrous if the weight of the plane was
involved....
-----Original Message-----
From: reflector-admin@tvbf.org [mailto:reflector-admin@tvbf.org]On Behalf
Of Al Gietzen
Sent: Friday, May 28, 2004 7:05 PM
To: reflector@tvbf.org
Subject: RE: REFLECTOR:Confession Week!!!
Subject: Re: REFLECTOR:Confession Week!!!
> Aw, I think we ought to have one week of confessions!!!
How about a "gear up" landing - in the garage!!
I didn't think I would ever tell anybody this, but looking back on it, it
is so-o-o stupid as to be funny; and hard to top.
This was fortunately with no wings and no engine. I was doing something on
the plane (don't remember what) that led me to want one of the main gear up.
I grabbed the jack stand; put it under the spar near the outboard end of the
strake, and jacked until the wheel was off. I proceeded to climb into the
back of the plane to lift the gear latch to unlock the gear. WHAMB-BAM!
Uh-huh. Those of you with RGs know - the latch locks both gear. There it
was; down on the concrete - nose gear extended.
Fortunately, other the incredible surprise, and bruised ego, there was
little damage. As soon as the gear collapsed, the other side came off the
jack stand. The end of one strake hit first and then the bottom of the
fuselage. Just a very slight deformation under the end of the strake spar;
and a smashed end of the fuel vent tube that extended out bottom. No
injuries to the occupant. It's a sturdy airframe.
You know what they say about retract drivers - there are those who have
landed "gear-up", those that will. I've already done mine.
Al
Anybody want to go flying with me?
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<DIV><SPAN class=052482202-29052004><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>I'm
glad you didn't catch your fingers in there Al- I was moving the linkage
around at some point (with both sides on the jacks) and I lost my grip on the
gear leg I was manipulating (from the linkage side) and busted my hand up pretty
good- would have been disastrous if the weight of the plane was
involved....</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Tahoma
size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B> reflector-admin@tvbf.org
[mailto:reflector-admin@tvbf.org]<B>On Behalf Of </B>Al
Gietzen<BR><B>Sent:</B> Friday, May 28, 2004 7:05 PM<BR><B>To:</B>
reflector@tvbf.org<BR><B>Subject:</B> RE: REFLECTOR:Confession
Week!!!<BR><BR></FONT></DIV>
<DIV class=Section1>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face=Nimrod size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">Subject: Re: REFLECTOR:Confession
Week!!!</SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face=Nimrod size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt"></SPAN></FONT> </P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face=Nimrod size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">> Aw, I think we ought to have one week of
confessions!!!</SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face=Nimrod size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt"></SPAN></FONT> </P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face=Verdana size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">How about a “gear up” landing –
in the garage!!</SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face=Verdana color=black size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">I didn’t think I
would ever tell anybody this, but looking back on it, it is so-o-o stupid as
to be funny; and hard to top.</SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face=Verdana color=black size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"></SPAN></FONT> </P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face=Verdana color=black size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">This was
fortunately with no wings and no engine. I was doing something on the plane
(don’t remember what) that led me to want one of the main gear up. I
grabbed the </SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Verdana color=black><SPAN
style="COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">jack</SPAN></FONT><FONT
face=Verdana color=black><SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">
stand; put it under the spar near the outboard end of the strake, and
</SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Verdana color=black><SPAN
style="COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">jack</SPAN></FONT><FONT
face=Verdana color=black><SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">ed
until the wheel was off. I proceeded to climb into the back of the plane
to lift the gear latch to unlock the gear. WHAMB-BAM!
Uh-huh. Those of you with RGs know – the latch locks both gear.
There it was; down on the concrete – nose gear extended.</SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face=Verdana color=black size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"></SPAN></FONT> </P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face=Verdana color=black size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">Fortunately, other
the incredible surprise, and bruised ego, there was little damage. As soon as
the gear collapsed, the other side came off the </SPAN></FONT><FONT
face=Verdana color=black><SPAN
style="COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">jack</SPAN></FONT><FONT
face=Verdana color=black><SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">
stand. The end of one strake hit first and then the bottom of the
fuselage. Just a very slight deformation under the end of the strake spar; and
a smashed end of the fuel vent tube that extended out bottom. No
injuries to the occupant. It’s a sturdy airframe.</SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face=Verdana color=black size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"></SPAN></FONT> </P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face=Verdana color=black size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">You know what they
say about retract drivers – there are those who have landed “gear-up”, those
that will. I’ve already done mine.</SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face=Verdana color=black size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"></SPAN></FONT> </P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face=Verdana color=black size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">Al</SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face=Verdana color=black size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"></SPAN></FONT> </P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face=Verdana color=black size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">Anybody want to go
flying with me?</SPAN></FONT></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"></SPAN></FONT> </P></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>
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