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From: "Dan Schaefer" <dfs155@adelphia.net>
Subject: Re: free fall
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Jim, I'm amost sure that Marv mentioned way back when that using the "Repy
to sender" feature of OE won't cut it. If not mistaken, you need to send
each post as a new message. (I'm sure Marv will correct me if I'm wrong - of
course, it'll be the first time this year).

Bill Harrelson has it right.

>>>Put on the old style screen door springs. The only reason for the new
rat-trap springs is for looks. The screen door springs were better
operationally. I put the new rat-trap on but left one screen door spring. I
guess I'm just a belt and suspenders kind of guy.<<<

When the "rat-trap" springs came out, I bought a set. Being an old aerospace
wonk, and very into testing of unproven stuff (and with a systemic
abhorrence of potential single-point failures - particularly in important
systems like landing gear locks), my partner and I set up a test rig to test
the spring's durability. After about a hundred cycles, one of the springs
broke. Though I understand that Lancair subsequently worked the things over
to enhance their metallurgy, I couldn't bring myself to rely on a device
that had no back-up. I kept the original "screen-door springs" and merely
doubled up on them (two on each main) to get the redundancy I could be
comfortable with. I change out the springs on a two year cycle - overkill? -
maybe, but at Home Depot, they go for less than a buck and have never had to
rely on the back-up. Nuff said.

Dan Schaefer
Early LNC2 N235SP