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laknox
Nomad
Aug 08, 2014

2-speed landing leg motor

It occurred to me that I've never seen, or even heard about, anyone making (even homebuilt) a 2-speed landing leg system. I think it would be very handy for those of us who might do a lot of boondocking, where parking is anything but level. Not necessarily an auto-shifting gearbox, but one that would allow faster extension/retraction when there's no weight on the legs. Just a thought...

Lyle
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    laknox
    Nomad
    Aug 08, 2014
    the bear II wrote:
    Just a thought .... Why ???

    It only takes a few minutes for my landing gear to deploy or retract under full weight. No need to save a minute or so with a two speed.


    Mostly 'cause there's other stuff I need to do to set up or tear down during the 4-5 minutes it takes to extend/retract the legs on an unlevel site. The site we go to for our boondocker means that I have to extend the legs nearly 2' to have enough room to drop the nose back to level without running them all the way in. As I said, it was just a thought...

    Lyle
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    the_bear_II
    Explorer
    Aug 08, 2014
    Just a thought .... Why ???

    It only takes a few minutes for my landing gear to deploy or retract under full weight. No need to save a minute or so with a two speed.

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