Manual Gear Speeds

[TheTurtle]

7 hours ago, Ned Gravel said:

My E model will do that and dropping the manual gear above 120 mph is no biggie. 

In the 11 years I have owned it, Clarence has yet to find a bent gear door.  

how far above 120 are you comfortable? 

[Ned Gravel]

1 hour ago, TheTurtle said:

how far above 120 are you comfortable? 

I have wrestled the gear handle into the block on the panel at or near 130 mph or so.  You have to be careful doing this because if you lose control of it during the transition, it will slam into that block.  That has happened once to me and it was a lesson to learn.  

 

[carusoam]

Turtle,

That is something you can sneak up from the slow side while building your experience...

It is not something you want to do based on reading it first and then go try it.

Same thing when stowing the gear...

Going slow makes it really easy to stow the gear, but there is a limit there as well...

Best regards,

-a-

[mooniac15u]

The landing gear extended speed is a published limitation for the airframe.  How does one decide which limitations are ok to ignore?

[carusoam]

In that case check the POH for the limitations...

Some limitations are more serious than others.  Some are more expensive when you exceed them.

Best regards,

-a-

[macosxuser]

On 11/23/2016 at 6:50 AM, mooniac15u said:

The landing gear extended speed is a published limitation for the airframe.  How does one decide which limitations are ok to ignore?

Two ways. Breaking the rules, or determining through engineering that the limitation is based  on something else (stress during retraction) then proving that to the FAA and getting your AFM revised to add an extension and extended speed limitation.