After being installed for seven years and about 400 flight hours, I am unab
le to fully retract my landing gear after take-off.
Retraction commences easily enough but resistance rapidly builds and near t
he end of the stroke resistance builds to a point where I end up with max e
ffort about three mm short of the uplock shoulder. This difficulty has bee
n growing over a period of time--but in the past overcome by pushing harder
. Gear extension is easy with no problems.
Is this simply a bungee problem? Have others experienced a bungee age prob
lem where the bungee had to be replaced? If so, how does one attack the re
placement procedule? Would a slightly thicker bungee be better? Looks lik
e the job will be quite involved.
Or, if the bungee should still be good, could there be some mechanical or m
isalignment problem?
Bob Lindsay A077
Gillespie Field (KSEE)
California
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