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To: kingu
I wonder if the gear will straighten out when they get weight on wheels and the squat switches compress.....I'd give it a touch and go now and check it out.
326 posted on 09/21/2005 5:05:55 PM PDT by TankerKC (The Media turn each tactical victory for insurgents into a strategic victory for terrorists.)
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To: TankerKC

LOL! That turns a touch and go into a catastrophic crash if everthing won't straighen out.

One chance. Lower fuel, raise the nose, fly the ils slow and low.

Thats it.


436 posted on 09/21/2005 5:17:18 PM PDT by bill1952 ("All that we do is done with an eye towards something else.")
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To: TankerKC

Long ago (in the Navy) we used to do stalls and "flop" the plane (R6D) to try releasing stuck wheelgear.


446 posted on 09/21/2005 5:18:02 PM PDT by RTINSC
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