raron455

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Hello all, I have a question for those who have the spring air retracts, AIR up spring down,,, How do you store your retracts,,, what I mean is once you unhook the airline (remove the wing) the retracts go down,, how to you keep them up,, I have seen bungee cords, but those leave marks and dents on the wing? So how do you guys do it? thanks

All Day Dan

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I have six sets of them. They need to be stored with the spring extended not compressed. Better yet give them a call. Please post their response. I am curious. I use masking tape to keep the gears in the up position during installation and initial testing. Dan.

DavidAgar

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Given the reliability of Spring Air, mine are always in the down position. Keeping them up is pushing against the spring that brings them down and I personally do not want them to not come down and lock cause I weakened the spring by forcing them up. You could always get a tank and fill valve and hold them up with air pressure. Good Luck, Dave

Boomerang1

Mine are always stored down but on the odd occasion where I have to store
a nose leg up for short periods I just retract the leg with a nail file on the
trunion & slip some foam between the leg & the fuselage.

For long term storage I would just remove the legs, one grub screw each & it's done. - John.