Hi Karel and All,
Remove the upper cowl, pick the aircraft up with a hoist / crane from the two
upper engine mount tubes. Support under the wings with padded saw horses [ no
great weight here, just to prevent aircraft rolling].
Remove main wheel, you can now get your arm in to feel the bungee. Depending
on where you have tied the knot in the bungee [ on the swing arm, or at the
top tube on the U/C frame] untie the knot, and yank some more through, and
retie.
The correct tension, with the wheel back in place, is when the gear handle is
unlatched from the down gate, the handle will go half way up the slot on it's
own.If you can't work around the suspension block / damper unit, pull the pin
---From the swing arm / damper, and you can pull the swing arm down to get up
in
there.Also a good time to check all the bolts / pins are tight / safetied.
Just make sure the plane can't settle down on you with your arm up in the
well, believe me, it hurts when the gear tries to guillotine your arm off !
Cheers,
Nev.
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