REFLECTOR: What would you do - not do?

Laurence Coen lwcoen at hotmail.com
Fri Mar 3 10:38:42 CST 2006


Ron,

I had a similar thing happen with the gear bleeding down and fixed it by 
tightening the packing nut on the valve shaft.  My gear will now stay up for 
24 hours without cycling.

Larry Coen
N136LC

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ron Brown" <romott at adelphia.net>
To: "Velocity Aircraft Owners and Builders list" <reflector at tvbf.org>
Sent: Friday, March 03, 2006 8:38 AM
Subject: Re: REFLECTOR: What would you do - not do?


> Oh, and another one:
>
> On RG's: Don't put the emergency gear extension valve on the right side of 
> the keel.  Too hard to reach from the pilot's seat with the should belts 
> in place.  The left side would be much easier to reach.
>
> I also wore my valve out during construction.  It started leaking 
> internally not long after first flight.  What I would do is raise the gear 
> with the pump, then lower it slowly to certain positions so I could work 
> on the gear. This resulted in the valve leaking through which led to the 
> pump running about every few seconds when on the ground.  I could open and 
> close the valve and it would improve the situation but only temporarily. 
> So, be careful opening/cracking the valve with pressure on the system.
>
> Ronnie
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