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From: "Thomas Sterbutzel" <TomSterbutzel@cox.rr.com>
To: "Lancair list" <lancair.list@olsusa.com>
Subject: RE: Partial Landing Gear Retraction
Date: Mon, 24 Sep 2001 17:30:48 -0400
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Thanks everybody who responded with suggestions.

It turns out the gear door was getting in the way due to wind force as well
as a plastic spacer on top of the slider being slightly worn. The door
appears to have been catching the gear on the brake assembly on the way
back. We fabricated another spacer and it seems to have done the trick. I
will also be cognizant of retracting my gear less than 110 kts.

As a coincidence, I received Service Bulletin SB061-0918 in the mail this
afternoon. This speaks to modifying the gear door to have a .25 inch slider
instead of the factory .125. We measured it today and it was .185, so the
original owner must have modified it already. I will check with him later.

Anyway, thanks again.

Tom Sterbutzel
N400JL IV

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