REFLECTOR: Overheated Brakes Causes Landing Gear to Bow

[Brett Ferrell]

Also note that Lou Stedman made some pictures available on the wiki
http://wiki.velocityxl.com/index.php?title=Landing_Gear#Main_Gear_Booties

Brett


Jeff Howell wrote:
> I have the boots on my plane and I will send a few pics of them if you
> want them... Let me know Jeff
>
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> From: aragon_kirk at hotmail.com
> To: reflector at tvbf.org
> Date: Tue, 26 Aug 2008 21:31:22 -0400
> Subject: REFLECTOR: Overheated Brakes Causes Landing Gear to Bow
>
>
> Hi all,
>
> Recently, I overheated my brakes and have noticed that my gear legs
> have warped inward towards the rotors (in addition to small bubbling).
> There is currently a very small gap between the rotor and the leg on
> each side. I remember that someone else had this issue and
> Reflectorites discussed the procedures to fix this issue. Can anyone
> point me to that discussion as I can't seem to find it manually in the
> archives?
>
> Thanks
>
> Kirk
>
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