REFLECTOR: Ouch!

Al Gietzen ALVentures at cox.net
Wed Jul 12 18:41:30 CDT 2006


Larry;

Yeah, we don't need those kinds of scares.

You might check the adjustment of the sequence valve detent button - thread
it in a bit so the gear doors don't start to close quite so soon.  But then
you probably already thought of that.

Al

 

-----Original Message-----
From: reflector-bounces at tvbf.org [mailto:reflector-bounces at tvbf.org] On
Behalf Of Laurence Coen
Sent: Wednesday, July 12, 2006 2:33 PM
To: reflector at tvbf.org
Subject: REFLECTOR: Ouch!

 

I 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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