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Old 02-16-2006 | 08:49 AM
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Default RE: emergency gear extension

Some obvious observations are the brakes cannot be actuated with down elevator(if you intend on blowing the gear close to the ground. If there was a leak, I would want to blow the gear down at the last possible moment since air up/down gear can possibly collapse without air pressure holding the trunnion and pin in the locked position. I would think you would need a little larger air cylinder for back up than you would normally use for brakes only.