REFLECTOR:Gear Speed

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I landed at CXP yesterday with my nose gear up.  I tried for 1/2 an hour
to get it to come down but it refused. Long story I will tell later when
I'm a home.

Nobody was hurt, me and my wife.  Though she was shaken up quite a bit by
the event.

The plane handled it well.  Its truly amazing how far the nose drops
without a nose gear. A considerable amount of the nose was ground off, and
of course the nose gear doors were trashed which were open.  It ground off
a couple inches of the speed brake as well though it still functions.

My question is about gear extended speed. I'm going to have to fly home
from Cason City, NV to Grants NM with the gear down.  About a 3.5 hour
flight at normal speeds.

I've installed a temporairy aluminum plate over the gaping hole where the
geard doors and some of the surrounding fusalage usde to be.  I've removed
the main gear doors and taped the brake lines to the gear legs.

I'm assuming the speed limit was done to keep the gear doors on and since
i"m flying without them I can now go as fast as I can peddle.

Anybody see anything wrong with that?  I'd call the factory but I'm pretty
sure they are closed for the holidays.

Scott