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CHEROKEE
"A
RROW"
SECTION
II
LANDI
NG GEAR
The Cherol-.ec f\rr011
i~
equipped
1111h
a retracwblc
tricycle land1nggcar
11
hich
i
~
hydra
ulicall) actuated
by an elect rica II) po11
er rc1
cr,tblc
pump.
I he
pump
b
co
ntroll
ed
by a
~e
l
ec10
r
~wi
tch
o
n
the
i
n
~lr
ument
panel to the h:lt of
the
control quadrant.
'f
he
la
nding gear
i,
retracted or extended
in about
~e1e
n
seco
nd~
.
Sorn.:
airct
aft
abo incorpora te
a
prc~'ure
~c
n
>
ing
dc1 icc in
the
~~\lCm
which Jowct\ the gear rcgardlc'' of gear
~elector
po>ition. depending upon
air,pccd and
engine
po11cr (propeller
>tlip
,trcam).
Gear
1.!\tcn,ion
i,
designed
10
occur.
e1en
if the
'~:
lect
o
r
is
in the
up
pt»ition.at
air,p~:cd,
bclo11
appro,xima
tcly
105
mph with
po wer
off.
Th
e
d
c1·icc abo
pre1cnt
'
th
~:
gear
from retra
cti
ng
<
II
ai
rs
p
eed~
below
approximat
ely
!{5
mp
h
with
full
pol\'l.! r.
t hough
the
se lecto
r
swi tch
ma
y
h
e
in
the up pmi
t
ion
.
Th
i:.
'pc<:d
incrca,.:s
with
r.:d
uc.:d
p
ower
and
o
r
incrca:.ed
a ltitude.
I
he
gear
ll'ill
ntH
ret
ract
abm.:
a 'peed
of
approximately
125
to DO mph
.
1
he
~en,ing
d~:1
icc
opera tion
.,
contro
lled by
differential
air
pre,:,
ure
aero''
a llc:-.iblc
diaphragm 11 hich i,
mechanical!~
linked
wa hydraulic
1ahc and
an dcctrical
~~~itch
11hich
actuate~
the pump
motor.
A high
prc,
ure and
\
talic
atr,ource
for actuaung
the
diaphragm
i:.
pro1 ided
in
a ma
'
l mou111cd
on the lclt 'tde of
the
fu~clagc
abme
the
11ing.
Manual
o1erride
of thcdc1icc
i' pro11dcd b)
an
emergency gear
lc1er located bct11ccn the
fron
t
~cat>
to the
felt
olthc
flap
handle
.
'I he
cmergcnc) gear lc1
cr.
11 hen held
in
the
rai\cd
po~ition.
can be U\Cd
to
o1erndc
the
')'tcm.
and
gear position
i~
com rolled
b) the
'elector'" itch
regardle''
of
air\
pecd po11er
combination\.
I
he le1ct mu,t
abo
be
held
111
the
rai~cd po~ition
11 hen gear
up ' tails arc
practiced
.
1 he
emergent:)
gear
lc1er.
when
u~ed
for
cmcrgcnc~
c:-.ten\lon of
the
geM. manually
rclea>C>
h
ydraulic
pressu
re
to permit
t
he gear
t
o
lt
ce
fall
11ith
~
prin
g
a''i~
t
ance
o
n
the
n
o>e
gear.
The
lever
mu~
t
be
held
in
tho:
do11 nward
p
osi
tion
for
emergency
ex
t
c
n
~ion.
Gea
r
d
ow
n
and
locked
p
osi
t
ion' arc indica
ted
b)
th
ree
g reen ligh
t'
located
h~:low
the
~e
l
ec
t
or.
a
nd
a
yell
o
w light
for in
tra
n sit
pmition'
i> located at the
top
of
the panel.
/\II
li
gh
t
~
ou
t
ind icat.: the gea1 i, up.
T11o micro-"1itchc, in
the
thr
o
ttle
quadrant
acti1atc a
11arning horn and a red Warning
Gear
p light under the follo11 inc
condition':
-
(
I
) Gear
u
p
and
po11er
reduced
hci O\\
approximately 14
tnchc'
of manifold
prcs~urc.
La
n
ding
C.ear
elector
87013
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