Ron,
We now have 130 plus hours with our mono and have never really considered
gear lights, to begin with this was a concern to me as I fly a Piper Arrow
and have lots of horns lights and auto systems to remind me. However, you
would never slow down a mono enough to land without the gear / flaps down,
and to get the gear down you must reduce to low RPM and pitch up - you get
the picture ? to get to anywhere near landing speed (assuming you don't
sideslip for 1000ft) you must have everything hanging out, ofcourse as you
are also decending it makes speed control / reduction even more of a
challenge.
As an aside and purely in my experience and opinion, watch out with adding
all the whistles and bells, the weight of the aircraft will increase
dramatically with little effort.
Regards
Tony.
Original Message:
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From: rparigor@suffolk.lib.ny.us
Date: Tue, 8 Aug 2006 07:04:48 -0000
Subject: Europa-List: Monowheel, gear warning or just GUMP?
Anyone flying have a monowheel gear warning success story?
I am not yet flying, but from the 20 minute demo flight and what I have
read, you will have a hard time landing a monowheel with flaps up because
you can't see the runway. That is until you slip to landing one day??
What are details of what folk do for a gear warning?
Opinions if a gear warner is worth the effort, or is GUMP all that is
necessary?
Thx.
Ron Parigoris
Just heard of a friend land gear up with his Cozy 3.
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