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Ralf:

Your gear operates at 1000 psi. PLEASE don't try any shortcuts. Take my word, those props are expensive.

If your hydraulic pressure releases the downlocks, the wheels will try to move. Someone could easily get hurt

If you don't have the proper jacking equipment, cant you borrow jacks from a neighbor or maybe from the FBO.

Maybe someone on the LML is close enough to let you borrow theirs. Good Luck

Bill Hogarty

On Tue, Jun 11, 2013 at 7:30 AM, <bronnenmeier@grobsystems.com> wrote:

Dear subscribers,

A friend took a picture of the belly of my airplane in flight with the
gear up. It looked to me that the nose gear door was not completely
closed. I had that issue before on the ground before and adjusting the
threaded rods fixed it.

I am reluctant of putting the airplane on jacks and do a complete gear
check because my jack up equipment is not perfect and it is a major
undertaking to get the airplane that high.

Someone told me (unfortunately I don't remember who) that I can leave
the plane on the main gear and just use a hoist with ropes around the
prop and lift the nose gear of the ground and then move the gear switch
up (after unlocking it).

The hydraulic pressure is not high enough to move the mains but it will
move the nose gear. Is this an ok procedure to use? Do I need to remove
the spinner if I wrap a rope around the 2 blades of my 3 blade prop?

Thanks for your input

Ralf

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