Morgans wrote:

"Roger (K8RI)" wrote


The POH and the Air Safety Foundation say to leave the gear down until
past any short field object. The reason being under Vy it makes
little difference in climb ability while the gear doors cycling add a
lot of drag. So if it's a close in obstacle you leave the gear down on
a Bo.


Yep, I forgot to consider the gear doors.




The Bo in the crash had the 28 volt electrical system so his gear cycle
time is 4 seconds. Very minor added drag. The 12 volt planes have a
gear cycle time of 8-12 seconds. On a 4 second bird I would put the
gear up in a situation like this.