REFLECTOR: Ouch!

[Laurence Coen]

BlankI scared the "pee-wiz" out of myself today.  Nice day, all systems 
green, good take-off, great climb, gear up and then the smell of burning 
rubber.  Oh m'Gawd, I'm on fire.  Not so.  What was different about this 
take-off  was that I raised the gear sooner than I had before.  The nose 
wheel was still spun up when the doors closed and rubbed on the wheel. 
Instant stink.  Outside of taking a couple of years off my life, no harm was 
done.

When I tested the system on the ground, there is lots of clearance between 
the nose wheel and the doors but this is after the mains are up and the 
system is fully pressurized.  It seems that the nose wheel contacts the 
doors while the mains are coming up.  Has this happened to anyone else, or 
am I that special?

Larry Coen
N136LC SE/RG Franklin 
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