Sender: <marv@lancaironline.net> (Marvin Kaye)
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Date: Sat, 02 Nov 2002 14:11:50 -0500
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From: "Bob Jude" <bobjude@charter.net>
Subject: LNC2, GM28 Replacement
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>We are all awaiting your test<
Thanks much,
Rick

Yes!!!,  I did the free fall test at 120 MPH with my new 120# gas spring and
the nose gear snapped down into locked position quickly.  Now, I can be
confident that if the need should arise, I can slow down to 100 MPH and
expect the nose gear to lock down for many months to come.  This is what I
was looking for "that extra margin of safety" , "that comfort zone".  I
don't like living on the edge of uncertainty.

I want to thank everyone that replied to my post.  To those who suggested
that I look in to other causes for my gear not coming down, I just want to
say that I have never had a free fall test fail if I slowed down to less
than 100 MPH, even when the gas spring was down to about 80#.  My nose gear
swings as free as a bird.  I have always replaced the spring at annual
inspection if it measured less than 100#, per the Lancair manual.  Murphy's
law tells me that if I ever need the free fall function, it will be on a
cold day, just prior to annual inspection and at least 30 days since I did
the last free fall test in the air.  Too close for comfort.
If you start with a gas spring that measures 95 to 100#, it won't be long
before you have to replace it.  I don't have time for that BS.  I'd rather
be thinking about other things.
Bob Jude