Return-Path: Sender: (Marvin Kaye) To: lml Date: Fri, 11 Oct 2002 08:00:19 -0400 Message-ID: X-Original-Return-Path: Received: from [65.173.216.73] (HELO picker.com) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.0b9) with ESMTP id 1802970 for lml@lancaironline.net; Fri, 11 Oct 2002 01:25:04 -0400 Received: from [144.54.59.5] (HELO dell) by picker.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 3.3b1) with SMTP id 15674886 for lml@lancaironline.net; Fri, 11 Oct 2002 01:25:03 -0400 X-Original-Message-ID: <00b001c270e6$8e7b27e0$053b3690@dell> From: "Rob Logan" X-Original-To: "Lancair Mailing List" Subject: Re: LNC2 Gear Hydraulics [Thingamajig] X-Original-Date: Fri, 11 Oct 2002 01:25:04 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2600.0000 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2600.0000 > If one detaches the gas springs from the nose gear, > do the main doors beat the wheels on a gear down action? nope. > What happens on the emergency gear drop? the nose gear still locks first. > Theory: Consider the effects of a flow restrictor on the nose gear hydro lines. bought an adjustable one and played around but ended up removing it. The main thing I learned tonight is the spring strength (kx) has little to nothing to do with opening speed of the main gear inner door. even when I closed the valve so no oil could flow up front, once the up pressure is removed those main gear come off the sequence valves and you are filling both the inner gear door cyl and the gear cyl... because the inner gear door is soo much smaller than the main gear cyl, it usually fills and opens first.. with an emergency extension it still doesn't open quite fast enough, but the unknown aero forces are going to change that more than anything.. and the normal gear down is PERFECT! but what's with this glair shield?