At 01:18 24 April 2007, Jack wrote:
Derek Copeland wrote:

Getting a big group of people together to lift a stranded
DG1000 off the ground after an U/C collapse, so that
the wheel can be lowered, has almost become a routine
occurrence at our club!

How do you go about this, in detail?

You ask them very politely! You get some of them to
squat under the mainspar and stand up at the appropriate
moment while others lift on the leading edges of the
wings. One person is required to operate the U/C lever.
The turbo version is significantly heavier to lift.


Sometimes the U/C locks down quite easily, but on
other
occasions it’s like pushing against a brick wall!
I
thought that it might be related to airspeed, as you
have to push the wheel forward into the slipstream,
but on the last occasion I had difficulties slowing
down to the stall made no difference.


Have you tried under various g-load conditions?

Yes!

Derek C