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F4U-4 Mosquito Sprayer

Sat Jun 28, 2014 11:02 am

Philippines...1946. Mosquitoes:1 F4U:0

http://airsoc.com/articles/view/id/538b ... pon-a-time

Re: F4U-4 Mosquito Sprayer

Sat Jun 28, 2014 7:40 pm

One anecdote I heard was about a station SNJ that was taken up for a check flight after heavy maintenance. When the pilot raised the gear, one landing gear went up and the other stayed down. Deciding to come back and land to check that out, he put the landing gear handle down, whereupon the gear that had retracted extended and the one that hadn't retracted, did so. He finally had to land on one wheel.


Any guesses how this would have happened??

Re: F4U-4 Mosquito Sprayer

Sat Jun 28, 2014 8:19 pm

Chris Brame wrote:
One anecdote I heard was about a station SNJ that was taken up for a check flight after heavy maintenance. When the pilot raised the gear, one landing gear went up and the other stayed down. Deciding to come back and land to check that out, he put the landing gear handle down, whereupon the gear that had retracted extended and the one that hadn't retracted, did so. He finally had to land on one wheel.


Any guesses how this would have happened??


Cross connected the hydraulic lines to one of the retraction cylinders?
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