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I wanted to mention that the plane was a Mooney M-1 Cadet. I don't know for sure if the landing gear were Alon or not, but definitely they were spring gear. My sweetie, who is an A&P, wasn't there when the incident happened. He saw the picture I took and from my description he ventured to guess that if the gear had been x-rayed prior to the gear failure, a defect may have been detected. However, I suppose that's a moot point. Truthfully, how many people have tests like that done on a regular basis? I have no idea. Anyway, my understanding from the owner of the Cadet, after she talked to numerous A&Ps, manufacturers, etc. was that the particular kind of spring gear she had rarely fail. I know where she is and I can write to her if anyone wants to the answer to a specific question. Spook --- Ed Burkhead <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > The Alon spring gear designer said: > > For the first flight, the test pilot was > able to log one take off > > and eight landings. Boing...Boing...Boing, well > you get the > > idea, a pogo stick with wings. There was no > damping (shock > > absorber) in the system. > > After we sorted thru the problem, we slimmed > down the > > strut near the axle, so that on landing, the strut > would twist > > causing the tire to scrub and dampen the rebound. > > Wayne DelRossi wrote: > > I understand that one of the lady Alon owners did > the opposite > > a few years ago - replaced the spring gear with > trailing link gear, > > As I recall, her Alon spring gear broke off on > landing. She had some > damage, if I recall correctly, but I think the plane > was flyable to home > base after minor patch up. > > Georgia, Am I remembering correctly that you were a > passenger on that > flight? > > That's the only Alon spring gear failure of which > I've heard. > > Ed Burkhead > http://edburkhead.com > ed -at- edburkhead???.com (change -at- to @ > and remove "???") > > > ============================================================================== To leave this forum go to: http://ercoupers.com/lists.htm
