My Stemme has LEDs to indicate gear position.Â* Two green lights indicate
BOTH main gear are down.Â* No lights indicate that BOTH main gear are
up.Â* During retraction, the unlocked gear shows a FLASHING red light,
while the locked down gear continues to show green.Â* When the second
gear unlocks to retract, its light flashes RED.

Any time the dive brakes are extended and BOTH gear are NOT down and
locked, both gear lights flash alternately red and a very obnoxious horn
sounds.Â* It cannot be silenced until the dive brakes are closed and
locked or the gear are BOTH down and locked.

It's hard to miss the signals.Â* I take pride in never hearing the gear
horn because I lower the gear on downwind and set the flaps for the
current winds BEFORE opening the dive brakes.

I suppose that if I was very low and out of energy and stretching my
glide to reach the runway, I could theoretically miss lowering the gear
and, without opening the dive brakes not get a warning.Â* But my Air
Force training is pretty strong and I (almost) always reach the IP with
excess altitude.Â* Another reason why I don't fly contests.

On 4/7/2020 9:07 AM, wrote:
Now I have an independant gear warning system. If anything, the gear warning volume needs to be THE LOUDEST SOUND IN THE COCKPIT.
I am a member of the "Gear Up Landing Club." (As well as the "Might Do It Again Club."

Since there are already assorted honks, beeps, squeals and garbled radio noises in the cockpit, I decided that one more (especially one that you probably don't hear very often) might be ignored. So, instead of another annoying warning horn, I installed a pair of flashing red/blue LED lights in the panel (along with a test switch). These are the only lights in the panel, so they definitely attract attention, and cannot be mistaken for anything else.

Also, I have seen some landing gear switches that are placed incorrectly. The are on the gear lever/actuating mechanism in such a position that they indicate "Gear Down" when the lever is merely out of the "Up and Locked" position. You want them to ONLY indicate "Down and Locked" when the gear is ACTUALLY IN the down and locked position.

Don't join the club. Initiation fees are expensive.


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Dan, 5J