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| Subject: | [Please Read] - Last Official Day of List Fund Raiser! |
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| Subject: | Yak-50 MLG handle / valve |
A question: how do you tell if your landing gear handle is going bad vs. actuator
seals failing?
What I observe:
Handle down - air is leaking through the handle. I can't tell which port of the
handle it's coming out of.
Handle neutral - system is very tight. No audible leaks, and main tank will not
leak down (at least not very quickly - when turning air back on after 2h there
is almost no dip in the pressure gage).
Handle up - (have only tested while flying so far) - system seems normal as pressure
builds to 50atm (I wouldn't say this is super rapid, so there may be leakage
in this position but the compressor is simply overcoming it).
I suspect that the actuator seals themselves are going given how tight the neutral
position is... maybe that is the answer.
I hope to be able to jack the plane soon to test things while it's on its gear.
Thanks for any insight,
Andrew
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Andrew Patton
Yak-50
San Francisco, CA
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