This video shows the landing gear motor and worm gear in the cockpit floor. It is just forward of the two seats in the middle. I have removed the quick release panel to show how to disconnect the push pull cables from the worm gear.
This video shows the gear motor and worm gear in the down postion. I disconnected it to show how much pressure is needed and the angled slot on the worm gear end.
This shows the worm gear drive during gear retraction and then extension. You can see the two main gear push rods on the left in the video. On the right or forward of the torque tube is the push pull cable that connects to the nose gear [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0dtCNYrNLZs[/youtube]
Back when I was training, I took several videos showing the gear retraction process. This video shows all three gear at once and how they all are in sync. This is due to the push pull cables that are all connected to the worm gear. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GwEXnFjcjJs[/youtube]
A Video close up of the nose gear during gear retraction. Again, poor color during conversion.[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MYbCgslApSY[/youtube]
A close up Video of the right main gear retracting. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MYbCgslApSY[/youtube]
The Twin Comanche is a little tricky to land. Some believe that adding a smaller nose wheel gave you that extra inch of clearance to help out with the flare. Not sure I believe it helps but here it is… another modification. Added 10-03-1990
The battery is located aft of the baggage compartment. Getting in there was a pain removing all the screws. This modification added quick quarter turn fasteners to make access the baterry fast and easy. Also aft of the baggage area is the stormscope control box and the ELT.
Like most of the general aviation fleet, Brackett Filters has the Twin Comanche covered. Getting rid of the paper filters and adding those black sticky ones is a simple modification.
The orginal aluminum spinners are prone to cracking. I remember flying one day and seeing the right spinner slightly bigger than the left! I landed to find that the spinner had cracked and centrifugal force was slinging out the edge about two inches. The composites are cheaper than the aluminum so it was a no [...]
