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Re: Spit incident
Posted by TonyD on Tue Jul 09, 2002 06:57:13 PM
In reply top Re: Spit incident posted by Michael Clark on Tue Jul 09, 2002 06:38:37 PM
Makes perfect sense Mike!
Both Hurricane and Spit systems are simple.
: Just checked AP1565E for the Spitfire Mark V and it mentio
: ns inverting the aircraft or pushing the nose down sharply
: as a method of taking the weight of the wheels off the lo
: cking pins.
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: Seems like the 'old' ways are very often the best ways!
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: : Interesting, on the Hurricane the up locks are attached
: to
: : the main centre section of the fuselage, one can view t
: he
: : wheels through two little windows in the 'floor' by the
: h
: : eel boards. A gravity mechnism is fitted that simultaneo
: us
: : ly releases both uplock mechanisms (colloquially called
: th
: : e kick down mechanism cos you activate it with your left
: f
: : oot) allowing the wheels to drop. Inverting the aircraft
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: : ould release the load on the up lock hook mechanism ther
: eb
: : y allowing the kick down to be operated more easily and
: al
: : lowing the undercarriage to drop down when the pilot rol
: ls
: : upright again.....Pure speculation on my behalf based o
: n
: : a Hurricane. Now if it was a spit, the mechanism is in t
: he
: : wing (as the legs retract outboard as opposed to a Hurr
: ic
: : ane retracting inboard.
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: : Glad he sorted it whatever the aircraft and type!
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: :
: : : On the local Isle of Man news web-site it shows a pic
: of
: : H
: : : urricane PZ865, so it may have been that aircraft.
: : :
: : : Main thing is that the aircraft got back on the ground
: s
: : af
: : : ely. Well done that engineer :)
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