How The Beechcraft Bonanza Landing Gear System Works

In this video our Fixed Wing Chief Flight Instructor, Joseph Quilter explains how the Beechcraft Bonanza landing gear system works.
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0:00-00:26 Intro
00:28-06:45 Actuation Gear Extension
06:45-09:16 Indication
09:18-11:04 Indication Gear Warning
11:05-16:26 Emergency Operations
16:26-16:40 Outro
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[@Rodgerball]

The Absolute Best ever explanation of the Beechcraft landing gear system.

[@martinpauly]

This is an excellent overview of the Bonanza's gear system. Very well made! Thank you for putting this together. - Martin

[@wackaircaftmechanic2312]

I love working on Beechcraft for a reason. They fly beautifully and I will always have a place in my heart for them. I hope to see similar videos.

[@AmericanBonanzaSociety]

Excellent presentation!

[@SUUAviation]

Thank you so much!

[@michaeldunlevie9880]

Great presentation although background music/sound is distracting. Thank you for putting this up.

[@user-fl3xp2mw8h]

Great step by step explanation of Bonanza landing gear operation Thank you

[@N66VV]

Joe: As a Bonanza owner - Thank you ! This was extremely well done.

[@SUUAviation]

We’re glad it could help!

[@jack73t]

Back in my A&P days I had the opportunity to annual a pristine Bonanza each year. I always thought that the gear retraction system was genius! It accomplishes so many actions with the rotation of a single segment gear. Always keep an eye on the wear points of the up lock retraction springs. A little item that can easily get overlooked but if they break the up lock doesn't disengage and bad things happen.

[@BonanzaBart]

Outstanding presentation. As an engineer and Bonanza owner, I marvel at the robustness and beautiful straightforward design in the Beechcraft. Especially in the 24V airplanes, the gear retracts/extends in 3-4 seconds in beautiful fluid motion without the groaning and contortions that we see in other brands. IMO, an engineering masterpiece.

[@SUUAviation]

It is quite the engineering masterpiece!

[@evangreen7562]

I have talked to several 24v owners who really like the fast gear swing but is the 14v system unsafe or less reliable? Just curious as I plan on acquiring a bo sometime soon and am trying to learn as much as I can. Thanks

[@BonanzaBart]

@@evangreen7562 The14V system is not less reliable than the 28V one. I would not rule out the 14V Bonanza just because it does not have the 28V system.

[@evangreen7562]

@@BonanzaBart Thanks for the reply. Which model BO do you have?

[@BonanzaBart]

@@evangreen7562 A36 with 28V system (for me the extended baggage was the main purchase reason vs. 28V which both appeared around same year on the A36)

[@keithexum7312]

I’ve worked on Beech planes for over 25 years. This is the best demonstrations on how this system works with great visuals. Awesome job! I wish I had this year’s ago to show my customers when I’m trying to explain it to them.

[@jimgolden9666]

This is a great video, dude! Well done! I'm an aerospace engineer (that and $2 will get me a Pepsi) and huge EAA guy and the owner of an H35 Bonanza who has rebuilt this entire system. I really like Beech's landing gear system design. It's like a Swiss watch in how a simple star gear rotating 180 degrees can actuate all of this. But it's actually very simple and very robust. It just has to be adjusted properly. You did a very good job explaining all of this!

[@alainfournol6786]

this is an outstanding explanation of the Baron / Bo gear system. I thought I had understood my Baron 's gear functioning, but this goes much further on. Thanks for the crystal clear explanation ! continue the good work. from Paris, France.

[@SUUAviation]

Glad it helped!

[@swordfishchaser7]

Amazingly delivered and so helpful for COMM 2, please do more of these for both the Bonanza and Cirrus Systems! Thanks Joe!

[@a.smit7]

Incredibly helpful! Big thank you Joe and the SUU Aviation team.

[@mikeblackford994]

Best presentation I've seen to date on Beechs famous 4 second gear.

[@haaheocarpenter]

Awesome video, super informative! Thanks!

[@TimMooreDorado]

Joe that was an amazingly professional video. Thank you.

[@KadexAeroSupply]

Lots of parts involved in this whole system! Great Video!

[@gabrielgonzalez3983]

Thank you, your video help me understand the mechanisms of the landing gear.

[@johnsmathers4836]

Excellent video footage and excellent narration

[@larrysears152]

Great video for a Bonanza pilot. I may need to watch it a few more times, tho. Thanks.

[@bryanshields2719]

Nicely done, Thank You

[@IlliniRob1]

Holy crap this video is amazing. Nice work!

[@SUUAviation]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@saulculpa9496]

Great presentation…well done

[@robertthrailkill1368]

Superb video

[@B25Flyer]

Great video! One comment. Anytime gear extension causes an anomaly, the first two things that should be done are, 1. Fly the airplane. This means get away from the ground, and away from the crowd. 2. Read the checklist. All of it before doing anything. Then after you have read it, execute the checklist. Most of the time those two steps will solve the problem. If they do not, the stress level in the airplane will get high. Assess the fuel state and if time permits, use all available resources, a cell phone, or radio to contact a knowledgeable person on the ground away from the noise and stress of the airplane to work all possible options and to plan the best subsequent course of action. Again great description of the system.

[@javierrodriguezsaez6039]

helpful!! Thank you!

[@MrSixstring2k]

Great video, exactly what i was looking for.

[@SUUAviation]

We’re glad it could help!

[@helodriver20]

Outstanding. 👏

[@flyingbonanzaF33A]

Thanks a lot!

[@charlestex8222]

Spectacular.

[@tylerp6375]

Great video!

[@SUUAviation]

Thanks!

[@tryfonpanagopoulos5999]

Good job 👍

[@SUUAviation]

Thank you!

[@kevina8172]

excellent !

[@SUUAviation]

Thank you!

[@philcohen9332]

Phenomenal presentation! The mechanical stuff is great. However, I questioned the statement you made “motor failure is the ONLY situation that warrants manual gear extension.” I think that there are many gear abnormalities where a manual extension is the safest and most reliable course of action.

[@FlyingNDriving]

Wow, incredibly in depth and very educational. What a engineering marvel with the arms and door linkages together. Is it safe to safe since all three wheels are interconnected on the motor, "if ones down they all are?"

[@thomasmuller1693]

j'adore

[@ralphrios227]

Thank you for producing such a professional and educational video. Question: what could be the failure mode with moving the gear lever to the down position and there is no movement, no sound, and no light indication of any kind (no transition indication). The breaker is not tripped, and there is electrical current to the system with working light bulbs observed on test. This just happened to me recently.

[@VictorL-ig5dq]

Hello , first of all I would like to thank you for this great Video. My Question is how the Gear Indication Light System of the earlier Bonanza Models works which features only one Green Light and a Mechanical Gear Indication. I appreciate any information . Best regards Victor

[@domaguayo7819]

Great presentation. Any chance of a review of the single light gear system?

[@qp4512]

The only difference on the single light version is that the position switches in the gear bay are missing. Instead the light is activated by the limit switch on the gear box housing so the motor is deactivated and the light is activated by the position of the gear box.

[@tihspidtherekciltilc5469]

Whoever played the xylophone must have broken a record.

[@causewaykayak]

(From a boats person)... I think this is a quality presentation. The style and manner would work well for a tutorial in any practical topic. Some fair comments about the music - is it necessary at all ?? Does not detract from a great detailed briefing. The presenter must surely be a teacher.

[@originalspin1]

I love the camera work. I have wanted to see the action of the up locks, but my block head and neck won’t fit when the gear doors close! The music is slightly distracting. After reading the comments about the music, I listened to the video again while ignoring the narration. The xylophone playing skill is miraculous. I suspect that it was recorded while playing at lower octaves then the speed was increased to maximize the effect of the trills. So, the video content and the background music are quite impressive on their own. I vote thumbs up on everything about this video.

[@evangreen7562]

My favorite music video lately has been this glass harp video kzbin.info/www/bejne/h5XShZd9lLuBjJY

[@TimMooreDorado]

Joe, if you have a partial gear extension (one red and say only one or two green) does it not make sense to retract all gear - and if successful in doing so - then do a manual gear extension. This would be the second scenario where manual gear extension was merited?

[@josephquilter6770]

Tim, Because all three of the gear are physically linked together the only way for one of the gear to fail to extend is for a failure of one of the actuation rods. If this occurs replacing the motor with the hand crank will only serve to distract the pilot and increase the chances of something bad happening. There is no way to accomplish a successful extension in this case and it dose not merit a manual gear extension. Gear up landing is the best way out of this scenario.

[@jorgeiboy940]

Please make a similar video of king air 90 thx

[@SUUAviation]

Hi Jorge, we generally only make videos about aircraft either in the flight or aircraft maintenance portion of our program. Unfortunately since we do not have a King Air, we would not be able to do a video on it.

[@asya9493]

Best Baron/Bonanza gear video ever ! Can I add a couple of things: 1. some Barons (maybe others) have an auto-dim on the gear lights whenever the Nav lights are switched on, which in bright daylight makes them seem all out, so check the Nav Light switch if no gear lights in daylight. 2. extension failure due to friction or bent arm that you can't overcome with the emergency handle ? One instance in Australia of pilot pulling a front seat out, floor boards up and working it free by hand - three greens ! Also a new one I never knew: kzbin.info/www/bejne/naPWlIhmlNSIpJI

[@SUUAviation]

Thank you for the feedback!

[@FirstLast-3877]

Fantastic presentation, description, animations, all so good. I will say the music was a bit distracting (maybe lower the volume to focus on the narration), over all great. Thanks for posting

[@MichaelDavidRobinson]

Why do you have a huge sheriffs patch on your arm while saying that you are a Chief Flight instructor at the University.

[@SUUAviation]

We assist the local sheriff department with use of our aircraft on certain missions, and some of our chief instructors have been deputized because of that.

[@paulciprus9582]

My wife has a disagreement light…it is always on…..🤣🤣🤣

[@SUUAviation]

Ha!

[@johnopalko5223]

Excellent content, but can we please lose the music? It adds nothing and is very distracting. I don't know why so many content creators feel compelled to add a background score.

[@neoretrophoto9198]

All this time I thought it was sand bags.

[@HITMAN138505]

I see a lot of discrepancies just watching this video 🤦🏼‍♂️ retract rod springs painted, left retract rod has the max washers meaning something is not rigged right the steering yoke mechanism bushing worn very bad 😂 and so much more 🤦🏼‍♂️🤦🏼‍♂️🤦🏼‍♂️

[@HITMAN138505]

Very good video tho

[@g.davidwalters6450]

This is great info, but unwatchable due to the music.

[@tihspidtherekciltilc5469]

I couldn't hear anything due to the moving pictures. Completely unhearable.

[@garyvandeputte4047]

Kill the repetitive music it is totally distracting to the information being presented.