landing gear

  1. ArrowFlyer86

    Arrow gear won't retract

    After takeoff when I pull the gear up normally I can feel the retract/extend in the pedals as soon as I pull the lever, and it's usually got a characteristic sound I can hear in the headset, too. Today after takeoff there was nothing. No gear-in-transit light, no pedal feeling, no sound...
  2. ItsACardinalRG

    78 Piper Turbo Arrow Gear Not Properly Retracting

    I have a 78 Turbo Arrow. A couple months ago, the gear started acting up. Sometimes I would flip the gear switch and the gear would not even attempt to raise. Sometimes I would flip the switch and it would raise part of the way and then stop in mid-retraction with the warning light on. The shop...
  3. Trever Oakes

    C172 RG Retractable Gear System

    Hello everyone! I am in the middle of commercial, and just about to get my complex endorsement. I have been flying the 172RG. I'm pretty solid with the CS Prop, but the landing gear system is still a little unclear to me. Using the diagram in the systems section of the POH. Can somebody help...
  4. T

    Piper Cherokee gear struts

    Test flew a Cherokee 140 with the 160hp upgrade. 30ish hours on a 2013 OH (yes I know...) Engine ran smooth, started first crank after admittedly sitting for awhile, nice little trip around the pattern and town with the only squwaks being a push to talk that seemed sticky and a oil temperature...
  5. J

    Single engine with landing gear alerts

    I have read that some single engine airplanes have alerts or even automatic extension of landing gear when there is a combination of low air speed and mixture combinations. Is there a list of these airplanes (180 - 250 hp) that provide that functionally or can some forum readers suggest such...
  6. T

    WW2 Fighter Plane Landing Gear Failure - Can this really happen?

    My Father received his flight training in the Navy in 1941-2. He flew mostly Curtiss Wright SNC's (a model of the CW-22) and Grumman F3F's. The following story I was told is hard to believe, so I'm hoping that some of you pilots out there (I'm not one) can tell me if this kind of stuff really...
  7. meglin

    Selling spring landing gear

    Selling spring landing gear The material - fiberglass. spring weight - 10-11 kg. Aircraft weight - 450-550 kg. Price - $565.
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