"Jose" wrote in message
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Yes, lower the gear if in a retract.

Explanation please. Would the air gusting inside the storm not exceed
the
gear extended speed? (Dive bomber rated speed limiting brakes
excepted.)

Being inside a thunderstorm is an emergency. Extended gear helps you
slow down and makes the plane more stable.
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IMHO an emergency does not necessarily make unapproved operation outside the
envelope desirable or acceptable.

I agree that slowing down is desirable, what I am questioning is the
desirability of increasing drag. I would want to add carb heat, throttle
back, raise the nose and AOA to fly at just above Vy. I would want to hold
attitude but not altitude. I have never been there and so this is just IMHO,
I may not be correct and.YMMV.

I would love to slow down enough to use some flaps but I would not risk the
chance that one might rip off or jam. I understand that flaps are also
undesirable in possible icing situations.

What concerns me is that exceeding the gear (or flap) extended speed makes
you a test pilot. I do not think that inside a thunderstorm with severe and
random loadings is the time to experiment with unknown flight
characteristics or of the structural strength of the gear doors or of the
increased surface area exposed to possible icing. I would be afraid that
the failure of a flap or gear door could create an asymmetric drag condition
that could affect control.

Just my .02