JeffMirs Posted June 11, 2017 Report Posted June 11, 2017 I have only had that happen when my rear passenger's foot did it.
Shadrach Posted June 11, 2017 Report Posted June 11, 2017 Anything from misaligned carpeting to a stray seat belt to an AAA battery will prevent the gear from locking. So will being too gentle on the retraction. Should be quite easy to inspect the down lock. I had my gear deploy at 150kts and it was a non issue. It's a robust system, it would be a real challenge to harm it with air...
HRM Posted June 11, 2017 Report Posted June 11, 2017 On 5/12/2017 at 7:31 AM, Urs_Wildermuth said: I always thought of the manual gear as being an assett, but right now I have my doubts. That's blasphemy....get thee to an MSC.
Urs_Wildermuth Posted June 11, 2017 Author Report Posted June 11, 2017 Well, we have not had a reoccurrance in now some time so I suppose it must have been bad operation by the pilots involved. That is me and one other guy.
Jerry Pressley Posted June 12, 2017 Report Posted June 12, 2017 Have some good used guaranteed locks for $75.00 including shipping
steingar Posted June 12, 2017 Report Posted June 12, 2017 You certain you had it locked? This was a huge problem for me starting out. Being of diminutive stature, I haven't got a lot of uumpf on the bar, and didn't aways get it fully locked in when I started out. I had a number of uncomanded gear extensions, one right under the shelf of a class bravo (good luck pulling to bleed off some speed). Time and experience got it under control.
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