Return-Path: Sender: (Marvin Kaye) To: lml Date: Thu, 31 Oct 2002 18:38:38 -0500 Message-ID: X-Original-Return-Path: Received: from smtp.comcast.net ([24.153.64.2] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.0) with ESMTP id 1849767 for lml@lancaironline.net; Thu, 31 Oct 2002 17:30:47 -0500 Received: from cc1860069a (pcp01159630pcs.rocsth01.mi.comcast.net [68.62.26.174]) by mtaout06.icomcast.net (iPlanet Messaging Server 5.1 HotFix 1.4 (built Aug 5 2002)) with SMTP id <0H4V00GNFAIWRW@mtaout06.icomcast.net> for lml@lancaironline.net; Thu, 31 Oct 2002 17:30:33 -0500 (EST) X-Original-Date: Thu, 31 Oct 2002 17:29:34 -0500 From: edechazal@comcast.net Subject: LNC2. GM28 replacement X-Original-To: Lancair Mailing List X-Original-Message-id: <009701c2812c$fe8ea2e0$ae1a3e44@rocsth01.mi.comcast.net> MIME-version: 1.0 X-MIMEOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4133.2400 X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4133.2400 Content-type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-priority: Normal References: Hi Bob, Regarding your nose gear gas strut, I suspect you are looking at the wrong measure. I'm just finishing up my annual and did not measure the compression force. Reason is that what matters is what airspeed does your nose gear come down and lock. I've found that when my plane was first flown and the strut was 5 years old, the nose gear came down and locked at something around 100 knots. after a year and a half of flying, it came down at 85 knots. I also noticed that I could detach the nose gear linkage much more easily than before, obviously due to lower strut force. I replaced the strut just now (with the Lancair replacement part), the gear linkage is much more difficult to manually swing into the well, as expected, and I'm confident the manual extension speed will be well over 100 knots. Airspeed is the go/no go criteria elsewhere in the manual for your emergency extension test. Go with that. Ed de Chazal N361DC