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Post subject: Re: 182RG gear up yesterday  Posted: 17 May 2010, 12:17 |
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Username Protected wrote: He must have lost hydraulic fluid. In the 182RG there is no way to get the gear down if you have a hydraulic leak. Now that is a brilliant design for a single engine plane.
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Post subject: Re: 182RG gear up yesterday Posted: 17 May 2010, 17:08 |
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Username Protected wrote: I've flown a 182RG from time to time and I don't even know where to add hydraulic fluid. I'd assume you add it under the cowling, but how do you access that in flight? Is this some MacGuyver thing that can be done from within the cockpit? IIRC, it's in between the L and R sets of rudder pedals on the RH side.
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Post subject: Re: 182RG gear up yesterday Posted: 17 May 2010, 17:37 |
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Quote: I've flown a 182RG from time to time and I don't even know where to add hydraulic fluid. Grasshopper, must first know thy plane before one takes flight....... 
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Post subject: Re: 182RG gear up yesterday Posted: 17 May 2010, 20:31 |
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Username Protected wrote: Quote: I've flown a 182RG from time to time and I don't even know where to add hydraulic fluid. Grasshopper, must first know thy plane before one takes flight....... The worse part is, that's the airplane I did my Complex and HP endorsement in!!!
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