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Originally Posted by c150pilot  I was recently asked that same question about how you can verify that the landing gear is down and locked. My answer was similar to yours, but there are a couple more things that you can do to verify a "locked" condition. In the seminole, you will get a gear warning horn if you reduce the manifold pressure too much or if you select a flap position of 25 or 40 degrees while the gear is up. This is because there is a small micro switch on the locking mechanism of the main gear (not the squat switch). So if you put the gear handle down but do not get the three in the green, you can momentarily lower the flaps or the throttle setting and see if the warning horn sounds. If it doesn't, then your gear is locked, if it does, then something isn't locked. Also check the navigation lights, the gear indicator lights are dimmed when the nav lights are on which can make them hard to see in daylight. |
Good to know about the MP and flaps!
Looking back on it, I should have talked about the Aztec systems. I did my MEI in the Turbo Seminole last year, but I actually flew and studied the Aztec much more in depth a couple years ago when I did my initial multi rating. Craig gave me the option of which plane to discuss because I told him I was equally familiar with both. Oh well. Better luck next time.