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Well, I managed to
lose my email archives, so need to ask for the McMaster-Carr part number of
the nose gear extension gas spring.
I noticed on my last
flight about 3 weeks ago (lousy weather since), that my alternate extension was
a bit sluggish. Today, it cleared off enough for me to slip the surly
bonds. On landing, the nose gear light failed to come on, so I used the
alternate extension to no avail. No amount of pulling g's, slowing,
porpoising, etc. helped, so I decided to land. I shut the engine off on
short final. Unfortunately, the nose gear collapsed on landing. The
only damage is the prop and the cowling, so I feel pretty fortunate. I was
surprised that the landing itself was almost a non-event.
Guess I'll be
tearing the engine apart. Jeez, anyone know a good shop to NDI a
crankshaft?
Naf
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