REFLECTOR: Gear Alert

[Barber Law Firm]

 "permanently down and welded!........"

can't help myself......don't you mean down and BONDED/GLASSED INTO PLACE


All the best,

Chris
SE/FG

Christopher Barber

Attorney and Counselor at Law



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Barber Law Firm
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  -----Original Message-----
  From: reflector-bounces at tvbf.org [mailto:reflector-bounces at tvbf.org]On
Behalf Of Ron Brown
  Sent: Sunday, January 08, 2006 7:45 AM
  To: Velocity Aircraft Owners and Builders list
  Subject: Re: REFLECTOR: Gear Alert


  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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