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Old 04-18-2007 | 08:43 AM
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Gordon Mc
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Default RE: Seperate air systems


ORIGINAL: tp777fo

I run one system with the brakes plumbed into the "down" landing gear line. Gear will be down before any brake leaks keep you from getting "3 green"

Not necessarily. Don't forget that the gear need to be down for takeoff too, not just for landing ! If you have a slow leak in the brake system you could be venting air before you even get airborne, such that by the time you go to suck the gear up your pressure has dropped enough to leave you in a kind of no-mans land - gear unlock to come up, but not enough air to pop the gear back into a down lock.