X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com Return-Path: Sender: To: lml@lancaironline.net Date: Thu, 30 Jan 2014 08:28:04 -0500 Message-ID: X-Original-Return-Path: Received: from rc3-smtp.comporium.net ([208.104.2.7] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 6.0.8) with ESMTP id 6709314 for lml@lancaironline.net; Thu, 30 Jan 2014 06:34:38 -0500 Received-SPF: pass receiver=logan.com; client-ip=208.104.2.7; envelope-from=snopercod@comporium.net Received: from rg25.comporium.net ([208.104.244.60]) by rc3-smtp.comporium.net ({885c17cc-cff6-4d92-8caa-cc0fa3baf93b}) via TCP (outbound) with ESMTP id 20140130113404411 for ; Thu, 30 Jan 2014 11:34:04 +0000 X-RC-FROM: X-RC-RCPT: Received: from 33.225.235.68.dsl.brvdnc.dynamic.citcom.Net (EHLO _127.0.0.1_) ([68.235.225.33]) by rg24.comporium.net (MOS 4.3.4-GA FastPath queued) with ESMTP id QAU90429 (AUTH snopercod); Thu, 30 Jan 2014 06:34:03 -0500 (EST) X-Original-Message-ID: <52EA38A3.4000809@comporium.net> X-Original-Date: Thu, 30 Jan 2014 06:33:55 -0500 From: John Cooper User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; rv:24.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/24.2.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Original-To: Lancair Mailing List Subject: Re: Gear indication system update Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-MAG-OUTBOUND: comporium.redcondor.net@208.104.244.48/28 This is probably a crazy idea, but why not stick a small camera somewhere on the belly of the aircraft where it could view all three gear? Wireless automotive "backup cameras" are really inexpensive these days. It seems like mounting the camera near the aft end of the main wing at BL 50 and looking forward at a 45 deg angle might have a view of all three gear...or maybe on the bottom of the cowling looking aft.