One gear up landing on concrete is the best lesson,
and the only one you will ever need. You make a nice
long 'chalk' stripe and it costs you $50.00 per foot
for the distance you slide.

At 18:06 21 November 2007, Doug Hoffman wrote:
That was a good story, JJ.

I have a similar story. But with the added drama of
first
flight in glider type (my new to me RS-15), first flight
with
flaps-only glide path control, first flight with retractable

gear, and only 20 hours TT flying anything.

So upon entering the pattern I dropped the gear and
when on
final I deployed enough landing flap to activate the
gear up
buzzer. Wait. I had already dropped the gear. At
least I
thought I had. Everything was new to me so I considered
the very
real possibility that I had made a mistake. I double
checked the
position of the gear lever. It seemed ok, but there
was still
that darn buzzer. While pondering, this is all happening
in a
few short seconds, I realize that terra firma is fast
approaching
and this ship was going to land gear down, up, or in
between.
The runway was grass thankfully. So I shifted my attention
back
to the task at hand, making my first landing in a flaps
only
ship.

Imagine my relief when after touchdown I realized I
was rolling
on the main wheel! One of the microswitches was recalcitrant
due
to the glider not being used for 2 years. That problem
never
occurred again, thankfully.

But I still liked having that warning system even though
I never
once 'needed' it.
--
Regards,
Doug


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