The landing gear doors on the C337 and the C210 models with
doors, open like big flat plate air-brakes. The gear is
best left down and locked if you have an engine failure
below 500 feet.




--
James H. Macklin
ATP,CFI,A&P

"Frank Ch. Eigler" wrote in message
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|
| "swag" writes:
|
| [...] When the gear came out, the increased drag caused
a loss of
| airspeed, and I dropped below "blue line" for a short
while. That's
| not really a problem in the 337, but if I had been in a
conventional
| light twin, that might have been disastrous. [...]
|
| You are probably mixing up the red (Vmc) & blue (Vyse)
lines. Still,
| neither is that bad if one has some altitude to spare and
avoids being
| hamfisted with the throttle.
|
| - FChE