1952 BEECHCRAFT BONANZA GEAR RETRACTION TEST PROCEDURE

Quick how to video on how to swing the gear on an early model Bonanza

[@airplanemechanic5561]

I am an A&P . I just bought an H35 . Thanks for the video!

[@jimgiordano5378]

I always learn something when watching one of these videos. Appreciate you sharing your knowledge.

[@schristmas9307]

Watched this and the Sierra mountain video...excellent! 500TT SEL and owned an Ercoupe for 2 yrs....the Bonanza is on my radar for business ownership and IFR cert. in the future as I have admired them for over 30 years. Catching all of these you have produced on the Bonanza. Direct, to the point about what you need to know with little fluff..... Many Thanks!

[@stephenyoungblood3683]

As a Mechanical Engineer, I love the design of the Landing gear!!!

[@stephenyoungblood3683]

@Detraxa yes, it is pretty much the same as the electric prop

[@robertdavis6708]

Thanks for a professional video. I think you did a great job explaining everything. Sharing your knowledge with other novices is a Godsend. Smooth sky's to you.

[@blancolirio]

+Robert Davis Thanks Robert!

[@lynnhawkins799]

Great Video! Thanks for going to the time and trouble to put this out!

[@blancolirio]

Haa Good Eye! Yes, under the yellow cover is the Blue 2cv Citroen. I bring her out after the winter. And on the right is actually a "Manhindra Mahindra" Jeep CJ3B copy from India. The hangar is used like a garage. Look up the vid "I hate Manzanita" for more exciting jeep/brush wrangling action. Thanks! JB

[@joezapata459]

Hey Juan, Thanks for sharing a great video. Curious on how you connected the external power source or did you just swing the gear off battery power? I have an M35 and will be doing my first annual this summer. Thanks for any info.

[@blancolirio]

I just ran it off the ships battery. Give her a bit of a charge afterwords.

[@timeless_realm]

Thank you for the presentation!

[@DerPilotMann]

Love the video, we've been swinging the gear on several planes in my hydraulics class, though none seem quite as elegantly implemented as the Bonanza's! I have a question if you don't mind, what do you find your operating cost to be, roughly, per hour for the V-tail bonanza?

[@blancolirio]

'bout $100/hr wet + $350/month fixed costs.

[@DerPilotMann]

blancolirio That ain't bad! I expected the bonanza to be much more expensive. Thanks for the response!

[@blancolirio]

...as long as nothing 'major' breaks or needs rebuilding...

[@DerPilotMann]

blancolirio Haha, isn't that the way it is with all airplanes? ;) I think I'll be building an LSA homebuilt soon (solo flying in a Sonex!), but I really want a bonanza somewhere down the line. Thanks for the input, fly safely, see you in the skies soon!

[@davidmangold1838]

Juan, I’m considering buying my friends primo 1947 Bonanza 35. I have 53 years of professional flying and about 200 hours In bonanzas.

[@ryanh1222]

I noticed the toggle switch for the prop is not there. Does it have the 215 beech prop? How are you controlling the prop? Did you move the mixture control to the right side?

[@blancolirio]

Hydraulic prop STC.

[@robertdmoore2592]

Maybe I missed it but I didn't see any external power supplied and it sounds like the gear was lugging. To answer a previous question, yes Bonanza's and Baron's have 3 second gear, we had to time them during gear rigging, I'm an A&P I worked for Beechcraft 14 1/5 years then worked at Iasco for 15yrs which was a flight school for JAL in Napa,Ca where we had 27 A36's and 17 Barons so I've done a lifetime of gear maintenance.

[@ThePlanefixr]

Great video! Thanks for sharing

[@Corkoth55]

man i miss being around general aviation planes.... or planes at all... after i got my A&P i got into industrial turbines.... and have been trying to get my way out....

[@blancolirio]

Corkoth55 you may be better off financially where you're at....

[@johnrltr]

Juan, nice video. I know someone who has had a gear-up landing in same model plane. Damaged inboards and nose gear. Would you care to guess how many hours to repair? ..or even a wild guess. :- ) Thanks!

[@blancolirio]

Did he get the prop too?

[@mikeblackford994]

Jaun...I'm curious and have never found a straight answer. I've always heard Beechs have 4 second gears. The A36 I flew in the mid 80's certainly did.

[@BaxterRoss]

28 volt aircraft do

[@stephenyoungblood3683]

Blan, on my C35, can I get to the flap limit switches on the left, from under the seat?

[@DSeptarov]

Flap travel limit switches are out of cockpit, right behind the LH flap root looking fwd.

[@stephenyoungblood3683]

@@DSeptarov Thanks. I actually sold my C35 last year

[@pa226pable]

I was a mechanic in the Navy. We were always repairing and replacing the F-14 Tomcat’s gear. A bunch of 19-22 year olds! Scary Hahahaha

[@stephenyoungblood3683]

pa226pable 18 hrs maintanance per 1 hr of flight?

[@davidmangold1838]

Sorry, I hit enter prematurely. Do you think it’s wise to buy such an old airplane? It’s nearly squak free and in showroom-new condition. And, I can get it for 40k! I just sold my 1968 Cherokee six. Dave

[@glydrjocky]

I have been shopping for early Bonanzas for many months now. Recently heard about the need to check the "dynamic braking" of the retract system. Can you shed any light on what that entails?

[@blancolirio]

+glydrjocky Not sure what they mean by that...by design the gear naturally slows to a stop when it reaches it's limits up and down. Let us know if you hear something different...

[@glydrjocky]

+blancolirio just did some research. Evidently there is a relay that causes the gear motor to become a generator of sorts as it coasts to a stop. Keeps the gear from overrunning the stops and makes the "coast" time much shorter. Much like the dynamicbrake on many new cordless drills that stops the armature as soon as you release the trigger. This is what I found written on one website: The over-run is supposed to be stopped in its tracks by the dynamic braking relay shorting out the motor just before the sector gear hits the stop. Shorting out the motor causes it to act as a generator and the short puts a big load on it, causing it to coast to a quick stop - elegant system. It may be that the relay either isn't operating or the shorting contacts are bad or a loose wire in the shorting circuit. Hmmmmm, very interesting.

[@blancolirio]

+glydrjocky Excellent! Thanks for posting...brilliant design.

[@georgefranklin3222]

Does the step ever retract? Looks like it could.

[@eaboatnuts76]

Dang! Your an a&p mechanic too? Juan IS the Juan!

[@jfw701]

Should also check up lock roller clearance and AD on roller.

[@stephenyoungblood3683]

Is the C35 aerobatic?

[@blancolirio]

nope

[@MegaJohnhammond]

cool video, thanks. I gotta say, though. Some of the welds on those landing gear parts look like they were done by a high school kid.

[@davem5333]

They probably were!

[@motorpickle6410]

Are you a member of BeechTalk?

[@blancolirio]

No, I have not heard of it....

[@motorpickle6410]

It's a free discussion forum about anything related to Beechcraft. www.beechtalk.com

[@dirtcurt1]

Not a "V-35". C-35.

[@blancolirio]

dirtcurt1 correct. A C model V-35 Bonanza.

[@Promoter125]

What I don't understand is, why do they show you how to do these things and then tell you not to do them because your not qualified... strange.

[@blancolirio]

+Chris Ralph So that you LEARN as much detail about your aircraft as possible. SYSTEMS knowledge may save your life, or certainly prevent unnecessarily damaging the aircraft.

[@dieseltu1035]

Because it's expensive to fuck up.. and if you don't want to be allowed to know anything go to China..