From: marv@lancair.net
Subject: Re: [LML] IVP flapping/banging noise
To: lml
Date: Sat, 29 Mar 2008 23:24:52 -0400
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Posted for "Berni" <bbreen@cableone.net>:

  I am not at all sure my problem was the same as yours but it was similar
  enough that I thought I would respond.  Following a condition inspection
  performed by an A&P my buddy and I were transporting his Lancair IV back
  home.  We took off and upon leveling off, heard a strange flapping sound
  that definitely got our attention.  We slowed the airplane down immediately
  and told departure we wanted to return to the field ASAP.  Once the airplane
  slowed, the sound disappeared.
  
  
  When we got back to the hanger we started looking for something
  loose.couldn't find anything.  We jacked up the plane and swung the
  gear.still nothing.  As a stab in the dark we decided to reposition the
  springs on the gear doors to create more pull upward when the gear was
  retracted.  Other than that, we changed nothing.
  
  We took off and never heard the sound again.
  
  Berni Breen