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Old May 15th 15, 08:36 PM posted to rec.aviation.soaring
son_of_flubber
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Default Sacrificial layer for gear-up protection.

On Friday, May 15, 2015 at 2:59:26 PM UTC-4, Bill D wrote:
Lets say you are deploying a retractible gear glider in a club with members who some might suspect of landing the thing gear-up someday.


I've seen this eventuality addressed on an L-23 by putting a ziptie around the gear lowering handle.