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Possible nose gear collapse

Postby Fastcapy » Mon Sep 22, 2014 11:54 pm

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Sonex #1145 N920MB
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Re: Possible nose gear collapse

Postby MichaelFarley56 » Tue Sep 23, 2014 2:19 pm

That's not good!

If you hear anything else Mike, let us know.
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Re: Possible nose gear collapse

Postby rizzz » Mon Oct 20, 2014 8:17 pm

It appears the SubSonex electric landing gear system has been upgraded to pneumatic system. There is a post on the website along with some videos with some more detail.
No mention of any accident/incident causing this design change, only the desire to improve reliability and reduce possible failure modes.

Anybody heard anything more about the nose gear collapse rumour?
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