Newps wrote:


wrote:



On a serious note... I've had more problems with the landing gear in
Arrows than in the Cardinal... but the Cardinal is super-well taken
care of, what in particular makes that a poorly designed system? It
seems rendundant to me and has a simple emegency extension procedure.


Too small a sample. Arrows are trouble free compared to a Cardinal RG.
Gear saddles are a failure point. You'll need a fat wallet to fix one
when it breaks. The switch on the nose gear that tells the plane that
your gear is up or down is a 99 cent piece of crap that Cessna gets
hundreds for. Constantly needs adjustment or you get faulty
indications. Cessna built the cheapest system they could and it shows.

And folding into the relatively narrow fuselage isn't nearly as easy as
folding straight into the wing. Although, our club Arrow was down for 6
weeks during its annual this spring waiting for gear parts...


Matt