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Old 25th Oct 2014, 17:37
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The sprung loaded solenoid would be the up lock and electrical failure would result in the gear having to be hand cranked down either by overcoming the brake friction or employing an emergency release mechanism.
(Maybe)!

The down lock is the existing over-centre mechanism.
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