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Yesterday, on the approach/landing phase, I noticed that I did not get my usual three-green lights. For that matter, I did not get any green lights at all. I broke off the pattern to troubleshoot. With the landing gear switch on the down position, the hydraulic gear pump remained silent... :-( Time for the emergency gear extension procedure. As soon as the pressure release valve was opened, I immediately got the green lights for the mains, but the nose gear light remained off. I jerked the plane around a bit, with stuff from the baggage compartment flying around the canopy and I eventually got all my three green lights! Landing was uneventful.
Upon close inspection, I noticed that the 'gear-down' relay was very, very hot..too hot in fact to touch. 'Gear-up' relay was warm but not hot. My lancair has over 720 hours now and these relays are the ones that came with the kit. I just ordered a pair from Lancair and also ordered a new continuous relay. I decided to replace all my relays, except for the starter relay which was replaced recently.
So, anybody else had this problem before? Should we be replacing there relays at 500, 600, or 700 hours?
Rick Argente
PS I also ordered an new nose gear extension gas strut.
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