In
http://lancaironline.net/lists/lml/Message/33123.html
Jim wrote:

>     I had a similar experience with my Legacy --
everything
> seemed OK, but nothing happened when I hit the gear
switch.  
> After some (embarassingly long) period of
head-scratching,
> I realized that when the plane is up on jacks, you
have to
> short across the squat switch in order for the gear
to be
> activated.  Doh!  One of those times you're glad
nobody else
> is around.

maybe I'm a bit confused, but isn't the purpose of the

squat switch to prevent activation of the landing gear

retraction while the airplane is on the ground? I
would
expect the gear to operate normally when on the jacks
--
just as it would in the air.







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