Landing Gear Issue With The Flying RV.
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- Опубликовано: 9 фев 2025
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What a GORGEOUS BIRD! Love it Kerry and I was SO GLAD to meet you at Oshkosh 2024 this year! Love the books too I’m your #1 book fan! Hope to see you next year at OSH25!
Cheers 🥂
-Caleb’s Aviation
Now thats my kind of RV! Gorgeous bird!
Twin IO 720's you lucky fella, they sound awesome, A gorgerous bird.
Thank you sir, I am indeed lucky!
Lucky until he pulls up to the pumps. lol. I’d still love to fly her, even if I was paying.
It is special
@@mattym8 Got that right! It burns ALL the gas!
Awesome, often talked about converting a caravan into a caravan lol. Blue skies to you and your buddy. Learnt to skydive from a king air 99, such a beautiful and impressive bird
a Caravan would work great!
That is so nice to have that window. That’s airflow on the hot ramp or with a little slip you can get a drink and a shower
NIce RV beautiful experience those engines sound good my friend
Gotta love that 8 cylinder sound.
Thanks super Nice air craft .....Iam not an Pilot but right seated many times & all my pilot friends have been but Ive never been Oshkosh yet ....but its on my bucket list .....but so much traffic takes Great Coordination to enter & leave Safely air space ....its amazing watching all the approaches
You try and make it someday, It's amazing!
Fly into ATW. For $35 round trip you can take the shuttle bus to OSH.
@@DblIre Did that once. Still like camping at Osh better.
Really nice setup ! Glad you enjoyed ! I'll see you next year ! I Volunteered many hours this year and didn't get out on the FL much. You had a great spot !
It worked out great! I shouldn't complain, everyone did great!
Kerry, thanks for your excellent video.
You are very welcome
Great video! Looked like a smooth flight home!
It was. I was especially happy the gear came down!
Nice setup. I would have thought that it would get warm in there, but the screen setup is awesome.
Cool temps at night made it perfect for sleeping!
Well, I just watched the now-famous video of your flight to Oshkosh this year, where you were "marshalled" into the ditch (almost). I peed on myself when your props started cutting the lawn...
It was a close one!
Nice video. I was in the T-28 behind you for your Friday night departure
Always wanted to fly one of those!
Beautiful Excalibur converted Queen AIr Kerry McCauly!! Your camp site and bed looked great! haha cozzy for sure!. On two ocations i had the same LG issue, in an F33 and in a B200, both Beechcrafts, in the latter it took a few times of cycling it before it finally extended.
Worst feeling ever right?
What a great idea. Queenair what a great aircraft
I can't wait to take more camping trips in her!
You knew the gear was giving problems on final yesterday.just hang around after they gonna need the grass cut with the Queenaire zeroturn mower.hahaha.i got time in a queenaire back in 1982 loved that Ole crate
She's a good old bird!
I saw your plane in the South 40. It was a good show Wednesday night.
Wasn't that the best?
Great video. Had a gear problem in our new to us P28S (Turbo Arrow III). But our problem was a shorted wire on the main landing gears and after that was fixed, she blew the hydraulic pump. So, after a boat load of money trying to trouble shoot the problem, it was eventually fixed and as of today, it hasn’t happened. Kind of un-nerving when the tower tells you that your landing gear is partially extended.
That would make me uncomfortable.
This is wonderful
Good video, Kerry. Thanks for pulling it together. I know that's a lot of work. Quick one - do you have two PTTs - one for the camera, and one for the radio?
I have a GoPro set up to record everything that comes over the headset. So it will record incoming radio traffic and everything I say over the intercom.
Looking around I thought maybe you were out of an airport I was at for a few days on the Wisconsin and Michigan boarder but now seeing there are two airports in Wisconsin with similar names Menomonie and Menominee. Love the plane! Travel Air driver here, your Queen Air looks like big brother lol
Thanks! I love the Travel Air. Flew one a few years ago. Solid bird.
Awesome Kerry! Glad it all worked out! Unfortunately didn't see you at Airventure. Next Year! 😁
I'll be there! Probably in Hangar C again.
Nice flying camper love iT
Me too!
I'm hopeful that your gear is A-okay. Great hanging out with you at KOSH. I just subscribed.
Thanks! Oshkosh wsa super fun!
Have the landing gear actuator mounts been replaced? Did you carefully look for cracks at the mounts, especially the front system? Do you have good spring pressure on the over center locks. Did you clean the micro switches that verify locked position. Can you put the bird on jacks at the field you are at or a near location? ….don’t risk your engine or props. X tbone driver here. Find a twin Bonanza owner on the field
I got it back to my home field and the gear went down normally. I'll have the micro switches and do a gear swing.
First time I’ve heard the word “beautiful” used in a Queen Air description!
What!? Mt Queen Air is gorgeous!
Gear came up good. I’d have the crank handle installed
It has a manual option.
There could be slack in the gear switch/valve. I thing it breaks over a ball spring and has a shaft
I'll check it out.
Wasn't a Queen Air but had a situation in a different Beech twin where gear would not retract. Maintenance said it was the switch breaker that needed cleaning.
Always something.
Bendix makes those switches
Coolest camper I’ve seen
Thanks, I'm looking for more things to make it cooler.
It looks like you have it all sorted out - excellent :) Noticed your T-Shirt - is CB still doing the ferry stuff as he was just studying for his Instrument rating in the last show I watched I think (which was years ago :))?
No, Cory is now operating an air charter business.
I bought both of your books and love them. I would say they are both page turners and I would love to have them signed. But I have one big problem - they are kindle 😄
Awesome! Thank you! Send me your kindle and I''l sign it! :)
Could not have gotten better weather, even if you paid someone
I thought it would be hot at night but it was perfect!
I wish the FAA would make a longer base leg.
That would help.
id see about getting some contact cleaner for the switch just as a PM that is way to sexy of a bird to belly land
Good idea.
Did you only make radio call on left base? What about downwind, or prior?
Glad to know your gear worked! Phew!
Yes, just cut that out to make the video shorter.
What do you suggest to a 570hr C-Sel pilot who wants to get into becoming a jump pilot to build time?
Hello Kerry. The last video where you were told to exit from the runway into the grass if this ditch was wet and you got stuck in it and damaged the left blades. Whose responsibility it would be?
100% my fault.
I got the link to your youtube from the creators livestream ay Airventure, Ironically my wife's Paternal family are from Menomonie.
Welcome!
Is the gear lever just a simple "move contacts together, close the circuit" electrical switch?
Yes, never hac trouble with it before. Hope I was just sloppy.
How many Queens Airs can be flying. I don't see them around.
6 or 7 in private hands, 15 or so flying cargo in the US.
I would fly home with the gear down if I was uncertain
I probably should have but I had faith in the manual extention so I chanced it.
Everything needs a shot of hydraulic oil. Sae 10 wt all over everything for lube