REFLECTOR: Landing Gear Retract Prevention

[Hal Smith]

Richard,

I am working on some nose gear modifications.  My plane isn't completed yet 
but I would like to know what your nose gear weight was when you weighed 
your plane.

Thanks,

Hal Smith
h.smith61 at verizon.net

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Richard J. Gentil" <richard at naples-air-center.com>
To: "Velocity Aircraft Owners and Builders list" <reflector at tvbf.org>
Sent: Tuesday, October 09, 2007 10:28 AM
Subject: REFLECTOR: Landing Gear Retract Prevention


> Does anyone have a solution to keep the landing gear from retracting on
> the ground should someone accidentally select the up position on while
> the aircraft is on the ground.
>
> Without drag braces, etc. I did not see an easy way to wire in a circuit
> interruption short of something tied to airspeed. (Sort of like what the
> old Piper Arrows used to do.)
>
> Richard
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