Hi Paul,
I remember my 3th or 4th flight I have the same problem, the outrigger don't
deploy and secure his position. During landing there is no problem at the
end of the rolling the left wing have tendancy to down. I stop on the left
side os the runway, and descending of the aircraft , deploy and secure the
outrigger and restart. But no ground loop. After that I check and adjust the
outrigger mechanism. But after that incident, in flight I take the habitude,
after the gear down to rock the wings right to left and sometimes I heard
the outrigger lock by gravity. (Sorry for my poor English)
Michel AUVRAY
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McAllister
Envoy : samedi 22 septembre 2007 21:13
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Objet : Europa-List: Outriggers - Lockin
<paul.mcallister@qia.net>
Hi all,
Today I landed my Europa and the port outrigger had not locked down. As the
airspeed decayed I guessed what had happened and tried to keep the wing off,
over corrected and ground looped it. Exit one prop. Fortunately it was a
windless day so I wasn't trying to fight too many other variables.
So... it looks like gear down and locked lights might be in order. I know
some people have fitted them in the past.
Paul
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