King Air B200 Landing gear questions

[dragland]

if you get one with the hi float gear, get the Raisback gear doors. You will be glad you did.

Any idea what these run?($)

 

[propsarebest]

I forget exactly how much, we had our 200 fully kitted out with all the Raisbeck crap. I wanna say ~5K a side.

 

[Learsforsale]

KA 200's after serial # BB1192 are hydraulic gear (with a few exceptions), those previous were mechanical. There are quite a few moving parts in the mechanical system, think lots of weak links and increased maint. cost.

High float gear uses a lower pressure ( larger ) tire. The high float tires don't retract all the way into the well (Raisebeck solves this. Some say the high float gives a better landing but its just a different technique.

I prefer the standard gear due to the few extra knots speed and lower accel stop/go numbers.

Hope that helps.

Thanks, thats exactly what I was looking for.

 

[81Horse]

... As a matter of fact, my last employer had a 99 with mech gear fail. The pilots chopped through the floorbard with a crash axe and pulled the chain through to get a stuck nose gear down. It worked, but the guy cut his hands up to hell! ...

Between the axe and the chain, sounds like a good way to lose fingers ... hands ... or worse. Just about as stoopid as the guy on the car (and I still haven't decided which of those three -- the driver, the pilot, or the guy with the skyhook -- was the most stoopidest.)

FWIW, I watched a coworker land a 99 with jammed nose gear at BUR years ago. Damage was minimal. IIRC, he feathered the props; maintenance later decided it might have been better if he hadn't done that.

 

[Cardinal]

FWIW, I watched a coworker land a 99 with jammed nose gear at BUR years ago. Damage was minimal. IIRC, he feathered the props; maintenance later decided it might have been better if he hadn't done that.

Specifically, why?

 

[prpjt]

A flat prop (low pitch) will bend backwards and absorb energy as it bends. A feathered prop on a forward moving aircraft will not bend as easily when it strikes the ground and tends to transfer energy. Creates a bending moment at the hub. That's the theory anyway.

 

[81Horse]

Persackly.