Gear swing

[Mooneymite]

This AC-47 is being prepared to fly to France.  The new owner has been working on it for months...1 overhauled engine, two overhauled props and hundreds of details.  Today was a check of the gear retraction.  Puts our Mooney maintenance into perspective:  bigger airplanes, bigger headaches.

[Igor_U]

Well,

At least you don't need a tail weigh for gear swing like I do on my Mooney.

 

[GeeBee]

Western Airlines DC-10 hangar in LAX had a floor that "dropped away" from the gear. No jacking, just put stands under the airplane, drop the floor, swing the gear. What was nice about that is you did not need to move stands and platforms away from the plane.

 

 

[carusoam]

Gus Is that you in the picture?

The scale is just gigantic!

-a-

[Mooneymite]

6 hours ago, carusoam said:

Gus Is that you in the picture?

The scale is just gigantic!

-a-

No.  I'm hiding behind the camera.

@carusoamThank you for rectifying the photo.

[cliffy]

On 3/10/2020 at 4:38 PM, GeeBee said:

Western Airlines DC-10 hangar in LAX had a floor that "dropped away" from the gear. No jacking, just put stands under the airplane, drop the floor, swing the gear. What was nice about that is you did not need to move stands and platforms away from the plane.

 

 

They also dropped a Boeing 720 off the jacks in the same hangar    I was down the taxiway at CAl in those days.