> 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?