X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com Return-Path: Sender: To: lml@lancaironline.net Date: Fri, 02 Sep 2011 07:51:44 -0400 Message-ID: X-Original-Return-Path: Received: from [198.64.152.110] (HELO sdc.com) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.4.1) with ESMTP id 5110918 for lml@lancaironline.net; Thu, 01 Sep 2011 16:57:18 -0400 Received-SPF: pass receiver=logan.com; client-ip=198.64.152.110; envelope-from=Ronald@sdc.com Received: from [192.168.1.103] [68.202.60.124] by sdc.com with ESMTP (SMTPD-11.5) id 58d6000091c5b413; Thu, 1 Sep 2011 16:45:00 -0400 User-Agent: Microsoft-MacOutlook/14.0.0.100825 X-Original-Date: Thu, 01 Sep 2011 16:56:36 -0400 Subject: Re: [LML] Re: Gear Hand Pump LIV From: Ronald STEVENS X-Original-To: Lancair Mailing List X-Original-Message-ID: Thread-Topic: [LML] Re: Gear Hand Pump LIV In-Reply-To: Mime-version: 1.0 Content-type: multipart/alternative; boundary="B_3397740997_39127715" > This message is in MIME format. Since your mail reader does not understand this format, some or all of this message may not be legible. --B_3397740997_39127715 Content-type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit Hello mr Paczkowski I can attest the usage of the emergency gear extension procedure as I did this 'just for fun' together with JC (Lancair Test Pilot working together with Fibercraft). It is so easy 'even a caveman can do this ' LOL No pumps, no sticks, no prayers, just 2 simple knobs, 1 for the main gear and 1 for the nose gear, very very simple. == Ronald (>50 hours, waiting for his plane to come back with new avionics (GTN750 (with new Garmin audio panel and weather) , auto trim (pitch), Dynon Backup EFIS) From: Matthew Collier Reply-To: Lancair Mailing List Date: Thu, 01 Sep 2011 13:27:55 -0400 To: Subject: [LML] Re: Gear Hand Pump LIV Mr. Paczkowski, We have installed an emergency blow down accumulator in almost all of our customers IV's. They aren't light but are a much easier and faster way to get the gear down. When retrofitted to a flying IV we typically install the piston accumulator on the back of the spar box. Then we use two stainless steel ball valves mounted between the seats to operate the system, one on the forward spar box flange and the other on the aft. The forward valve releases the pressure holding the gear in the up position. The aft valve releases the fluid pressurized in the piston accumulator to the emergency side of the shuttle valve. When the valves are shut and the system is recharged in the down position the shuttle valve returns to its normal position and the accumulator will recharge during the next gear up cycle. We have had great success with this system and our customers even practice emergency blow downs in flight since it is completely reset each time without servicing. Matthew Fibercraft Inc. On Wed, Aug 31, 2011 at 4:42 AM, Nicholas Paczkowski wrote: > > Perhaps a dumb question (apologies in advance) but Is there a better > alternative available to the manually operated hydraulic 'gear down' lever > (such as a charged gas bottle) that would eliminate both the awkward lever and > the seemingly inevitable leaking of hydraulic fluid? Thanks. --B_3397740997_39127715 Content-type: text/html; charset="US-ASCII" Content-transfer-encoding: quoted-printable

Hello mr Paczkowski

I can attest the usage of the emergency gear extension= procedure as I did this 'just for fun' together with JC (Lancair Test Pilot= working together with Fibercraft).

It is so easy '= even a caveman can do this ' LOL No pumps, no sticks, no prayers, just 2 sim= ple knobs, 1 for the main gear and 1 for the nose gear, very very simple.

=3D=3D Ronald (>50 hours, waiting for his plane to com= e back with new avionics (GTN750 (with new Garmin audio panel and weather) ,= auto trim (pitch), Dynon Backup EFIS)

From: Matthew Collier <<= a href=3D"mailto:ivdiggs@gmail.com">ivdiggs@gmail.com>
Reply-To: Lancair Mailing List <lml@lancaironline.net>
Date: Thu, 01 Sep 2011 13:27:55 -0400
To: <lml@l= ancaironline.net>
Subject: = [LML] Re: Gear Hand Pump LIV

Mr. Paczkowski,
We h= ave installed an emergency blow down accumulator in almost all of our custom= ers IV's. They aren't light but are a much easier and faster way to get the = gear down. When retrofitted to a flying IV we typically install the piston a= ccumulator on the back of the spar box. Then we use two stainless steel ball= valves mounted between the seats to operate the system, one on the forward = spar box flange and the other on the aft. The forward valve releases the pre= ssure holding the gear in the up position. The aft valve releases the fluid = pressurized in the piston accumulator to the emergency side of the shuttle v= alve. When the valves are shut and the system is recharged in the down posit= ion the shuttle valve returns to its normal position and the accumulator wil= l recharge during the next gear up cycle. We have had great success with thi= s system and our customers even practice emergency blow downs in flight sinc= e it is completely reset each time without servicing.

Matthew
Fi= bercraft Inc.

On Wed, Aug 31, 2011 at 4:42 A= M, Nicholas Paczkowski <npaczkowski@telus.net> wrote:

<= div>

Perhaps a dumb question (apologies in advance) but Is there a better altern= ative available to the manually operated hydraulic 'gear down' lever (such a= s a charged gas bottle) that would eliminate both the awkward lever and the = seemingly inevitable leaking of hydraulic fluid? Thanks.

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