Tail hook button not working

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Eagle Spirit
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Tail hook button not working

Post by Eagle Spirit » Mon Apr 03, 2017 11:31 pm

Can't get the hook to retract. Push hook button, nothing. Any ideas?

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Victory103
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Re: Tail hook button not working

Post by Victory103 » Thu Apr 06, 2017 9:43 pm

Not supposed to retract, one and done system. Hope you are not working the boat with the Hun, although that would be different!

Eagle Spirit
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Re: Tail hook button not working

Post by Eagle Spirit » Sun Apr 09, 2017 5:17 pm

Thanks Bud,

No "boat". Just activated, then attempted to retract.

:)

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Re: Tail hook button not working

Post by cinabar » Tue Mar 19, 2019 1:48 am

Flew the Hun many years ago. Tail hook is for emergency use only. It's a big piece of spring steel being held up by a locking pin. Used it once to keep from running off the end of the runway when the drag chute failed. It was a rookie mistake and proper use of the brakes would have saved me a lot of embarrassment in the officers club later!


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