For main gear doors it may not be a matter of sucking them open because
they may never get closed. Those doors also have a cambered shape that may
have them operating like a wing with their own lift downward once there is air
flow and just before they would actually close. The only Lancair
inboard main gear doors with this problem appear to be on the Legacy.
Partially the cause is that they are so big.
The nose gear door is a different story on the LNC2 series. The aft
part of the door is beyond the hinge and usually is not stiff enough.
There is no real air pressure against the door from the outside because it
is behind the cowl that extends several inches below the fuselage in the area in
front of the door. Finally, if the nose gear leg seal is not perfect
(between the firewall and the wheel well), lower cowl engine cooling air can
enter the wheel well and force its way out at the tail of the nose gear door.
Scott Krueger
AKA Grayhawk
Lancair N92EX IO320 SB 89/96
Aurora, IL (KARR)
A man
has got to know his limitations.