Warbird Information Exchange

Good point. It's done now. Sorry about that.

Gary

Gary,

If I recall correctly That formation picture I took was probably less than a minute before whatever happened. I noticed them pitch up one at a time to land - and also noticed one heading off in the distance. Didn't know why at the time.

Ryan

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Thanks Bluehawk15. I checked the other forum post that mentioned this event and noted a photo of a light green Kate with a three bladed prop parked next to the one that had the hung gear. I'm thinking the light green one is probably our old Kate.

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Is this the same Kate that had a gear-up landing back in March?

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I thought you could rock them side to side and unjam them most of the time...Were they stuck THAT bad or am I mistaken?

Whoops. Second read says he tried it at a variety of speeds. I guess they WEREN'T that bad too damned bad. Least it won't be as bad as a spt or hurricane or god forbid a real kate...

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Yes, it's the same one, but that was a pilot error. Perhaps that incident lead to this problem? Who knows?

When the actuator rips loose, it tends to jamb the gear real bad!

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