Comments on: Pure genius! (And other neat stuff that’s not avionics) http://blog.aopa.org/blog/?p=111 Online perspective from the editors of "AOPA Pilot". Sun, 19 May 2013 17:43:23 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Richard http://blog.aopa.org/blog/?p=111&cpage=1#comment-2194 Richard Thu, 03 Jul 2008 13:41:17 +0000 http://blog.aopa.org/blog/?p=111#comment-2194 Question is, do these allow a pilot to log ‘retractable’ time, or count as retractable gear for a ‘complex aircraft’ designation?

]]> By: William H. Beckwith http://blog.aopa.org/blog/?p=111&cpage=1#comment-26 William H. Beckwith Fri, 11 Apr 2008 18:42:23 +0000 http://blog.aopa.org/blog/?p=111#comment-26 Jim Bede had the same idea in the 1970′s on the BD-4

]]> By: Lynn E. Hanover http://blog.aopa.org/blog/?p=111&cpage=1#comment-23 Lynn E. Hanover Fri, 11 Apr 2008 14:08:16 +0000 http://blog.aopa.org/blog/?p=111#comment-23 I looked closely at the Lopresty closing wheel pants. With a small difference in the trailing end of the pant, they are identical to the Jim Bede closing wheel pants from the 70s. The internal mechanism appears to be identical, although powered by hydraulic pressure, rather than a cable from the instrument panel.
Still available if you need a set, from Jim Bede. I believe that then employee, Burt Rutan had a hand in the design.

http://www.jimbede.com/designs/bd4/intro.htm

1-330-721-9999

Lynn E. Hanover
Zephyrhills Florida

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