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Jerry,
The struts are returned from Lancair
with no nitrogen in them (shipping regulations), so it should have bottomed
out. I would absolutely NOT charge the strut with compressed air. Go
to any reputable aircraft maintenance shop and they'll have a nitrogen bottle
with a regulator to properly meter the charge into your strut.
Alternatively, you can do what I did
and go to a place like AirGas and buy a small nitrogen bottle and regulator and
do it yourself. You'll also have to buy a high pressure hose with the
fitting to hook onto your strut, which the gas shop should have. Over the
course of a few years, you'll likely pay for the bottle and hardware with what
you save from paying a shop about $20-25 a pop to do it for you. I'd check
your builder's manual or call Lancair to confirm the proper pressure to put in
your strut.
Skip Slater
N540ES
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