REFLECTOR: Gear Alert

[Ron Brown]

Darrel,

A couple of suggestions:

Pick a place where you ALWAYS put the gear down.  I use abeam of the field on downwind and 5 mile final when on approaches.  

Then ALWAYS check for green lights on short final.  Say it out loud, "2 greens, cleared to land".

Lastly, when things aren't going according to plan - i.e.. a surprise in the pattern, a gusty day, somebody cutting you off on final, confusing instructions from the tower, etc. plan to do a go around unless you have convinced yourself that the gear is really down.

But the best way to prevent a gear up landing is to have the kind of gear that are permanently down and welded!

Ronnie
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Chuck Jensen 
  To: Velocity Aircraft Owners and Builders list 
  Sent: Sunday, January 08, 2006 8:24 AM
  Subject: RE: REFLECTOR: Gear Alert


  Looking for a foolproof device to prevent a gear up landing---I'll sell you a checklist for $1.  Just kidding.  If it was foolproof, no one would ever have a GU incident.  The proximity system may do the trick, but not too long ago, a fellow did a GU in a certified plane with a warning system.  He remarked later that he couldn't figure out what that buzzer was he was hearing in the headset...he was trying to figure that out instead of doing one final check for 'three-green', or in the case of most Velocities, 'two-green'.  A voice alert saying 'hey, dummy, get it down, get up or be embarrassed' may do the trick.



  In case you hadn't figured out by now, I don't have a clue what the answer is to your question.



  Chuck Jensen

  DO Not Archive



  -----Original Message-----
  From: reflector-bounces at tvbf.org [mailto:reflector-bounces at tvbf.org] On Behalf Of Kufalk
  Sent: Saturday, January 07, 2006 9:54 PM
  To: reflector at tvbf.org
  Subject: REFLECTOR: Gear Alert



  I have been thinking about getting one of these Gear Alert devices http://www.flyingsafer.com/2037.htm for my XLRG.  It is a ground proximity sensor that will give you a voice alert in your headset if you are below 150 ft AGL and your gear is not down and locked.



  Has anyone flown with one of these?



  Darrell Kufalk





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