On Fri, 21 Mar 2008 20:46:34 +0000 (UTC), Bertie the Bunyip
wrote:

"Kloudy via AviationKB.com" u33403@uwe wrote in
news:8180da195218d@uwe:

Bertie the Bunyip wrote:
Dan wrote in news:252806d9-1056-4209-b52b-
:



Why would you need a gear check for takeoff?

Bertie

Oh good lord, man.

To make sure they're down!


*geeez.*


I would have thought the difficulty in turning the engine over would
suffice. Though I bet it's been tried!

Some years back I watched a guy in a Mooney try a go-around after the
gear failed to jack it up high enough for the prop to quit leaving
chaw marks. He (or the guy in the right seat) realized the folly in
that and then gave up. Starting at the numbers there was a line of
chaw marks fairly far apart which suddenly got real close together.
Then there was a couple hundred feet of clean runway followed by more
wide spaced chaw marks and then skid marks. He slid over half a mile
before leaving the runway.

I walked the runway to pick up "spare parts" and shot photos along the
way. I should post those. I also have a nice shot of a Beech
Mousekateer...er Musketeer setting mostly on its nose with its tail
feathers sticking way up in the air after doing a very nice imitation
of a Porpoise while landing down wind and in front of a large crowd.

I was the one interviewed as a witness. I only answered what I was
asked. I pointed out the bent push rod for the starboard main which
would not put the gear down. I did not offer my opinion it got that
way from trying to jack up the airplane while it was sliding on the
gear doors. No one asked about the melted tire rubber on the inside
of the nose gear doors.:-))

Actually it did surprisingly little damage to the outside. Of course
it meant a complete engine tear down and new prop.




Bertie
Roger Halstead (K8RI & ARRL life member)
(N833R, S# CD-2 Worlds oldest Debonair)
www.rogerhalstead.com