REFLECTOR: main gear legs

[Pat Shea]

Hi Jeff,

Also a good case for a higher landing speed - whatever
it takes to prevent from touching down with the brakes
engaged...  

Pat


--- Jeffrey C Barnes <jcbarnes411 at sbcglobal.net>
wrote:

> Hi Alex, 
>    
>     Back a few years, Jean Prudhomme was flying show
> box at Sun-n-Fun on day with 90degree x-wind gusting
> to 27kt. Applying max rudder on touchdown also
> engaged brake. This caused gear leg to flex and
> cracked the carbon wraps, loud enough to get pilot's
> immediate attention. Carbon had to be sanded off and
> leg re-wrapped. There was no damage to underlying
> fiberglass. 
>    
>     There was another report on an early model
> velocity of an  non-carbon wrapped gear leg bending
> back and hitting fuselage on landing: same situation
> - brake engaged on landing. There was no apparent
> damage.
>    
>     Good case for toe brakes, VGs, TE fences, lower
> winglets and longer rudders.
>    
>   Regards,
>    
>   Jeff Barnes



 
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