Is it just me or does this gear look like it came off of an F14? Some major beef here, that's for sure. Landing on the mains was very sweet. Just heard a simple "chirp, chirp" and gently settled down. The retractable landing gear, along with the brakes, flaps, and starter are all run off of compressed air. There is a lot of "psssting" and "shusshing" that can be heard at various times during the flight. I thought at first it was the Tri-tips working their way around, but later I came to my senses...
Left Main Gear
I got to play line-boy and run the prop through a few times to clear the oil out of the lower cylinders. After about 10 turns or so, a few shots of prime were applied and the prop run through a few more times. After that, a touch of the pneumatic starter she fired right up and sounded, well, just beautiful! Interestingly, our cruise RPM was only about 2150 and at a modest 16 GPH.
Rear View of the Sweet-running CJ-6A Radial