X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com Return-Path: Sender: To: lml@lancaironline.net Date: Tue, 08 Apr 2014 08:13:56 -0400 Message-ID: X-Original-Return-Path: Received: from rc4-smtp.comporium.net ([208.104.2.9] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 6.0.9e) with ESMTP id 6818761 for lml@lancaironline.net; Tue, 08 Apr 2014 06:52:26 -0400 Received-SPF: pass receiver=logan.com; client-ip=208.104.2.9; envelope-from=snopercod@comporium.net Received: from rg25.comporium.net ([208.104.244.60]) by rc4-smtp.comporium.net ({f885e408-6373-4fe1-96b5-c2a14748506e}) via TCP (outbound) with ESMTP id 20140408105151810 for ; Tue, 08 Apr 2014 10:51:51 +0000 X-RC-FROM: X-RC-RCPT: Received: from 33.225.235.68.dsl.brvdnc.dynamic.citcom.Net (EHLO _127.0.0.1_) ([68.235.225.33]) by rg24.comporium.net (MOS 4.3.4-GA FastPath queued) with ESMTP id RCX72848 (AUTH snopercod); Tue, 08 Apr 2014 06:51:51 -0400 (EDT) X-Original-Message-ID: <5343D4AD.2010205@comporium.net> X-Original-Date: Tue, 08 Apr 2014 06:51:25 -0400 From: John Cooper User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; rv:24.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/24.4.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Original-To: Lancair Mailing List Subject: Re: [LML] GEAR WON'T COME DOWN- PART ONE References: In-Reply-To: Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="------------070107080309000702090408" X-MAG-OUTBOUND: comporium.redcondor.net@208.104.244.48/28 This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------070107080309000702090408 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Matt-- In the olden days, Don Goetz reported that he did something similar to what you suggested, only I don't think it was necessarily a stall; He just pulled up into a nose-high attitude until the airspeed bled off, then pushed over to let gravity lock the NLG down. It seems like having an AoA system would help to keep one from stalling during that maneuver. --John On 4/8/2014 6:00 AM, Lancair Mailing List wrote: > Subject: > Re: [LML] GEAR WON'T COME DOWN- PART ONE > From: > Matt > Date: > 4/7/2014 7:47 AM > > To: > lml@lancaironline.net > > > What about climbing to some high altitude and doing a steep stall in > the hopes of reducing the forward motion of the plane so the nose gear > will come down and lock over center. --------------070107080309000702090408 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
Matt--

In the olden days, Don Goetz reported that he did something similar to what you suggested, only I don't think it was necessarily a stall; He just pulled up into a nose-high attitude until the airspeed bled off, then pushed over to let gravity lock the NLG down. It seems like having an AoA system would help to keep one from stalling during that maneuver.

--John

On 4/8/2014 6:00 AM, Lancair Mailing List wrote:
Subject:
Re: [LML] GEAR WON'T COME DOWN- PART ONE
From:
Matt <mattinlosangeles@yahoo.com>
Date:
4/7/2014 7:47 AM
To:
lml@lancaironline.net

What about climbing to some high altitude and doing a steep stall in the hopes of reducing the forward motion of the plane so the nose gear will come down and lock over center. 

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