ORIGINAL: BullardRM
ORIGINAL: rgburrill
One thing that concerns me about Spring Air is what if you want the gear up for transport? Is it easy to raise the gear by hand with the air off?
If my memory serves me correctly, there used to be a ''up lock'' block that would be inserted into the retract mechanics. It kept the gear up for transport. Remembe seeing one, was possibly home made. Old age memory don't help. Shoulden't be too hard to figure out and make.
Oh yeah....thanks for reminding me....I had a couple of S hooks to go around the gear leg near the tire. The other end hooked to the retract sideplate.
To install the hooks after the flying is done I turned the airplane upside down, retracted the gear, installed the hooks, took the wing off and then disconnected the air line.
No need to retract the units by hand.