Return-Path: Sender: "Marvin Kaye" To: lml@lancaironline.net Date: Mon, 27 Dec 2004 21:58:29 -0500 Message-ID: X-Original-Return-Path: Received: from imo-d20.mx.aol.com ([205.188.139.136] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.2.5) with ESMTP id 581725 for lml@lancaironline.net; Mon, 27 Dec 2004 19:10:21 -0500 Received-SPF: pass receiver=logan.com; client-ip=205.188.139.136; envelope-from=Sky2high@aol.com Received: from Sky2high@aol.com by imo-d20.mx.aol.com (mail_out_v37_r3.8.) id q.15a.46d43b78 (4410) for ; Mon, 27 Dec 2004 19:09:45 -0500 (EST) From: Sky2high@aol.com X-Original-Message-ID: <15a.46d43b78.2f01fe48@aol.com> X-Original-Date: Mon, 27 Dec 2004 19:09:44 EST Subject: Re: [LML] 320/360 Gear Extension failure- a theory X-Original-To: lml@lancaironline.net MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="-----------------------------1104192584" X-Mailer: 9.0 Security Edition for Windows sub 5000 -------------------------------1104192584 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit In a message dated 12/27/2004 5:40:52 P.M. Central Standard Time, ian.crowe@sympatico.ca writes: I have the hole masked off so i do not get a cold bot! Ian, I am not going to touch that statement with a ten foot pole - but, trying to be international, I have heard anatomical references such as bum, arse, cheeks, etc. - never bot. Oh well, time to learn another "term-of-art." <<< I am accumulating the material to make a new door which will fit over the Outback Gear, with a good clearance. I have also ordered a rod end with a 3/16" thread and some stainless steel hinge. If brute force and ignorance will fix it I should have it fixed! >>> If this helps - I originally fastened my inner door hinges with pop rivets to the cockpit closeout rib (Lancair approved method) and, over time, saw the forward rivets work harden and shear and the left hinge develop a crack. So..... the hinge was replaced and the pop rivets were drilled out and replaced with AN10 bolts. I have not had a problem since. On approach, the gear is always dropped between 120 and 115 KIAS usually resulting in speeds of 100 KIAS or less afterwards. Scott Krueger AKA Grayhawk N92EX IO320 Aurora, IL (KARR) -------------------------------1104192584 Content-Type: text/html; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

In a message dated 12/27/2004 5:40:52 P.M. Central Standard Time,=20 ian.crowe@sympatico.ca writes:

<= FONT=20 style=3D"BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" face=3DArial color=3D#000000 size= =3D2>I have the hole masked off so i do not get a cold=20 bot!

Ian,

I am not going to touch that statement with a ten foot pole - but, tryi= ng=20 to be international, I have heard anatomical references such as bum, arse,=20 cheeks, etc. - never bot. Oh well, time to learn another=20 "term-of-art."

<<<=20

I am accumulating the material to make a ne= w door=20 which will fit over the Outback Gear, with a good clearance. I have al= so=20 ordered a rod end with a 3/16" thread and some stainless steel hinge. =20= If=20 brute force and ignorance will fix it I should have it fixed!

>>>

If this helps - I originally fastened my inner door hinges with pop=20 rivets to the cockpit closeout rib (Lancair approved method) and,=20= over=20 time, saw the forward rivets work harden and shear and the left hinge develo= p a=20 crack. So..... the hinge was replaced and the pop rivets were drilled=20= out=20 and replaced with AN10 bolts. I have not had a problem since. On= =20 approach, the gear is always dropped between 120 and 115 KIAS usually=20 resulting in speeds of 100 KIAS or less afterwards.=20

Scott Krueger=20 AKA Grayhawk
N92EX IO320 Aurora, IL=20 (KARR)

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