See if you can find the Charles Wells Gear latch system in the archives. What it is is a spring loaded pin lock system that self latches and aligns with 2 positions for up and down and the pilot operates a lever to pull the pins out and manually pushes or pulls the gear up or down and the spring loaded pins automatically load themselves in the holes. It uses a 1/4 circle plate with the latch holes drilled in it
Lee Van Dyke <l...@vandyke5.com> wrote: http://vandyke5.com/landing gear.htm Take a look at my set up, I have had a couple of hard landing and taxied accross some rough area and no collapse Lee Van Dyke ----- Original Message ----- From: "Marc Lee Winnig" To: "KR" Sent: Wednesday, December 13, 2006 11:18 PM Subject: KR> Retractable Gear? My recently acquired and "nearly done" KR2 has retractable gear, which I must assume is "old style". It does, however, have a safety latch to keep it from accidently collapsing due to rough taxiing or just an accidental release, as it take two levers to retract the gear. Anyone know more about this setup? Is it still subject to the same issues? "Hard landings" are, of course a relative term. The example cited seems pretty extreme (a panicked pilot fighting the co-pilot for control). I'd be more interested in more "normal operations" info.. Thanks! Marc Lee Winnig mlwin...@hotmail.com (815) 301-5011 Cell and Vonage (801) 749-9460 FAX _________________________________________________________________ All-in-one security and maintenance for your PC. Get a free 90-day trial! http://www.windowsonecare.com/purchase/trial.aspx?sc_cid=wl_wlmail _______________________________________ Search the KRnet Archives at http://www.maddyhome.com/krsrch/index.jsp to UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to krnet-le...@mylist.net please see other KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html _______________________________________ Search the KRnet Archives at http://www.maddyhome.com/krsrch/index.jsp to UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to krnet-le...@mylist.net please see other KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html
