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Terrence,
Facinating idea on the gear down. I believe it has merit...
I would be the dummy to flip the plane trying to dead stick land and the gear would auto extend on me. Automation of a major system like that to me is like having someone in the back seat grab the wheel...
Love experimentals, we get to experiment and do it the way WE want to ..
Good thoughts...
Best,
Randy Snarr
--- On Sun, 1/24/10, Terrence O'Neill <troneill@charter.net> wrote:
From: Terrence O'Neill <troneill@charter.net>
Subject: [LML] Re: Airspeed sensing switch /Auto gear extension / Engine out gear down Issue!
To: lml@lancaironline.net
Date: Sunday, January 24, 2010, 4:07 PM
Randy, Right, with loss of power I would be gliding at best l/d on my AOA, or (gross) at around 105/110, gear and flaps up, until I have made it to the landing spot. Then I still have the gear down switch .. and if I forget under stress, at 90 the gear comes out. At 100 when I drop the gear and flaps, no power, speed loss will depend on whether the 3-blade MT is windmilling or not... and my prop's electric, and I will have toggled it to low rpm/high pitch, and I should have an idea of the glide angle for that condition by then, right? As I said before, I considered putting a switch in to bypass the auto gear down switch, to be able to land wheels up. When would I want to do that.?.. over water. Or? How's that sound? Terrence On Jan 23, 2010, at 2:20 PM, randy snarr wrote: Terrence,
Mine is the same as yours only no auto gear down. Only a warning light and horn for low speed and gear up.
I would seriously consider changing your set up for the following reason. This is a bit of a long winded response but it brings up a vitally important point for the group.
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