Return-Path: Received: from mail.rdc1.sfba.home.com ([24.0.0.66]) by truman.olsusa.com (Post.Office MTA v3.5.1 release 219 ID# 0-52269U2500L250S0V35) with ESMTP id com for ; Tue, 7 Dec 1999 00:54:20 -0500 Received: from bigfoot.com ([24.6.249.108]) by mail.rdc1.sfba.home.com (InterMail v4.01.01.00 201-229-111) with ESMTP id <19991207055859.MYDD23946.mail.rdc1.sfba.home.com@bigfoot.com> for ; Mon, 6 Dec 1999 21:58:59 -0800 Message-ID: <384CA2CA.1C2849@bigfoot.com> Date: Mon, 06 Dec 1999 22:01:46 -0800 From: Bob B Organization: @Home Network To: lancair.list@olsusa.com Subject: Re: Nose gear gas struts X-Mailing-List: lancair.list@olsusa.com Mime-Version: 1.0 <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<--->>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> << Lancair Builders' Mail List >> <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<--->>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >> With regard to your question about adding a second nose gear gas strut; I think this is overkill. You would have to have 2 simultaneous failures before you couldn't get the nose gear down. This mod would also make it extremely difficult to manually push the nose gear into the up position. Believe me, you will be doing this. Bob Belshe L-235/320 >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> LML website: http://www.olsusa.com/Users/Mkaye/maillist.html Builders' Bookstore: http://www.buildersbooks.com/lancair >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>