X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com Return-Path: Sender: To: lml@lancaironline.net Date: Wed, 31 Oct 2007 08:37:25 -0400 Message-ID: X-Original-Return-Path: Received: from mail.fullspectrumia.com ([69.19.214.246] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.2c1) with ESMTPS id 2440622 for lml@lancaironline.net; Tue, 30 Oct 2007 18:12:37 -0400 Received-SPF: pass receiver=logan.com; client-ip=69.19.214.246; envelope-from=hamer@theunion.net Received: from [208.106.63.201] (208-106-63-201.dynamic-dsl.fullspectrumia.com [208.106.63.201]) by mail.fullspectrumia.com (Merak 8.9.1) with ESMTP id JGP74059 for ; Tue, 30 Oct 2007 15:11:59 -0700 Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v752.2) In-Reply-To: References: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed X-Original-Message-Id: Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit From: Howard Hamer Subject: Re:Re: Gear cylinder hydraulic gaskets X-Original-Date: Tue, 30 Oct 2007 15:11:59 -0700 X-Original-To: "Lancair Mailing List" X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.752.2) Electric motors for gear retraction were provided for the Legend turboprop kit that I helped a friend build. All three gear had drive motors, almost all Legends now flying have been converted to hydraulic systems like our Lancairs. The major reason for the conversion was the complexity and poor performance of the secondary system to be used if a motor or the electrical system failed. Cables, pulleys, pins needed to be operated to allow the gear to free fall and these mechanical devices tended to get out of adjustment and often required more pull than the operator could provide. Lancair's early 235's had such a mechanical system to operate the gear and doors, everybody I know went with the more expensive hydraulic system. Rusty