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What about IMC?
Last month I took off into 300 overcast and did not like the attitude changes from retracting the gear in the clouds on climbout. It was another distraction at a critical time. On the return flight that day, the ceiling was 500 overcast and it felt much better to have the gear retraction done before going IMC.
Obviously I'm willing to accept the risk of losing an engine in IMC on a low ceiling day, and I'm betting the pilot (me) will fail before the engine will while the gear is in transition.
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