Hi Matt,

 

The DAR who signed off my Legacy last spring did not require a gear swing when he did the inspection.  He spent about 45 minutes checking my paperwork and about 45 minutes inspecting the airplane.  I had the cowling and access covers removed and the wheels were sitting on the ground, not on jacks.  He verified that the flight controls were free and correct and that the throttle, prop, and mixture controls operated smoothly throughout the full range and that the knobs did not "bottom out" when pushed in all the way.  He spent several minutes looking at the engine.

 

He did a walk around inspection that was similar to a good preflight inspection.  He did not check torque on any fasteners and did not check the "witness" holes in rod end bearings.  I talked to him a week before the inspection to make sure that I had the airplane the way he wanted it before he came to inspect it. 

 

Good luck,

Dennis Johnson

Legacy #257, now over 100 hours tach time