board
aft
of the wheel well has two marks that align when
the gear is down. Retarding the throttle below
10
inches
manifold pressure causes the gear warning horn to sound
unless the gear
is
down-and- locked.
An airspeed-actuated safety switch in the
pitot system pre-
vents landing gear retraction until attaining
a
safe takeoff
airspeed. The safety switch
is
not designed to substitute
for the gear
switchin keeping the gear extended while taxi-
ing, taking off, or landing.
EMERGENCY GEAR-EXTENSION SYSTEM
(WITH
ELECTRIC
GEAR)
The emergency gear extension handcrank on the left uphol-
stery panel near the pilot's knee
is
for manually driving the
the electric gear actuating motor
if
the electrical system
should malfunction, Section
FP
discusses the emergency
gear extension procedure.
BRAKE
8
STEERING SYSTEMS
The main gear wheels incorporate self-adjusting disc-type
hydraulic brakes. The pilot's rudder pedals have individual
toe-actuated brake cylinders linked to the rudder pedals.
Depressing the toe pedals and pulling out the parking brake
control on the instrument panel sets the brakes for parking.
Pushing the parking brake control forward releases the
brakes.
It
is
inadvisable to set the parking br&e control when the
brakes are overheatedafter heavy braking or when outside
temperatures are unusually high. Trapped hydraulic fluid
may expand with heat to damage the system. Wheel chocks
are normally used for long-time parking and mooring.
Rudder pedal action steers the nose wheel. Gear retraction
relieves the rudder controlsystem of
its
nose wheel steer-
ing loads and centers the wheel to permit aligned retraction
into the nose wheel well.
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