X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com Return-Path: Sender: To: lml@lancaironline.net Date: Mon, 05 Dec 2011 19:24:13 -0500 Message-ID: X-Original-Return-Path: Received: from mail-iy0-f180.google.com ([209.85.210.180] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.4.2) with ESMTPS id 5293162 for lml@lancaironline.net; Mon, 05 Dec 2011 18:38:39 -0500 Received-SPF: pass receiver=logan.com; client-ip=209.85.210.180; envelope-from=billhogarty@gmail.com Received: by iahk25 with SMTP id k25so1256680iah.25 for ; Mon, 05 Dec 2011 15:38:04 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.42.131.135 with SMTP id z7mr11670277ics.23.1323128283995; Mon, 05 Dec 2011 15:38:03 -0800 (PST) X-Original-Return-Path: Received: from [192.168.5.201] ([64.134.236.132]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id mb4sm45453520igc.1.2011.12.05.15.37.59 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Mon, 05 Dec 2011 15:38:00 -0800 (PST) Subject: Re: [LML] LIV Hydraulic issue References: From: Bill Hogarty Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=Apple-Mail-51--923780649 X-Mailer: iPad Mail (8J3) In-Reply-To: X-Original-Message-Id: X-Original-Date: Mon, 5 Dec 2011 15:38:02 -0800 X-Original-To: Lancair Mailing List Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Mime-Version: 1.0 (iPad Mail 8J3) --Apple-Mail-51--923780649 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Mike Had a similar situation when I didn't get the gear handle all the way down. = Only happened once!!!! =20 Regards, Bill H. On Dec 5, 2011, at 5:58 AM, "Michael Smith" wrote: > I was wondering if anyone out there dealt with this. I had an unusual thi= ng happen with my hydraulics. I hadn=E2=80=99t flown for a month. I typica= lly bleed off the pressure post shutdown with flaps=E2=80=93not sure why oth= er than thinking it might not allow a flat spot on o ring to form. Any way,= OAT was 30F. Everything normal on gear retract. Pump started rapidly cycl= ing. Extended gear and it stopped. No relation to flap position or cycling.= Retracted same thing. Landed with three green. Swung gear, completely no= rmal. No leaks, burps, or anything anywhere. Kept of stand with gear up fo= r 30 minutes. Nary a burp. System had been foolproof for 1000TT+. Will pu= t it back together tomorrow and go flying but any of you had anything like t= his. =20 >=20 > =20 >=20 > L IV >=20 > =20 >=20 > Michael D Smith >=20 > =20 --Apple-Mail-51--923780649 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8

Mike

Had a sim= ilar situation when I didn't get the gear handle all the way down. Onl= y happened once!!!!

Regards, Bill H.

On Dec 5, 2011, at 5:58 AM, "Michael= Smith" <mdpilot982@gmail.com= > wrote:

I was wondering if anyone out there dea= lt with this. I had an unusual thing happen with my hydraulics. I h= adn=E2=80=99t flown for a month. I typically bleed off the pressure post shutdown wi= th flaps=E2=80=93not sure why other than thinking it might not allow a flat spo= t on o ring to form. Any way, OAT was 30F. Everything normal on gear retract. Pump started rapidly cycling. Extended gear and it stopped. No relation to flap position or cycling. Retracted same thing. Landed with three green. Swung gear, completely normal.&n= bsp; No leaks, burps, or anything anywhere. Kept of stand with gear up for 3= 0 minutes. Nary a burp. System had been foolproof for 1000TT= +. Will put it back together tomorrow and go flying but any of you had anything= like this.

L IV

Michael D Smith

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