europa@avnet.co.uk
In a message dated 01/12/2000 23:12:49 GMT Standard Time,
ptag.dev@ukonline.co.uk writes:
<< On the question of "Gear Up Landings" I was given to understand that
someone
(Test Pilot ! "no names, no pack drill") who tested the first 2200 Jabiru in
a Mk1 Europa managed to do just that! >>
I was present (luckily on the ground) when a Test Pilot did the same to a 912
Classic ( again "nn,npd").
The suggestion was aired that there was "rectraction after landing" but it is
worth noting that the approach was said to have been demonstrating
side-slipping. This could certainly mask the abnormally high speed which
would otherwise have been present.
The "landing" was on grass, the aircraft skidded in a straight line for 80
yds and the resulting damage was confined to the tunnel and undercarriage
frame, and of course the prop.
It is easy to fit a micro-switch against the u/c lever to operate when it
moves sideways in to the down-slot to provide a warning (I prefer audible
into the headset). Indeed the RMI Microencoder provides an output which both
tests the airspeed and does not react during lowspeed climbout.
Graham G-EMIN
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