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Originally Posted by aldoradave
My 73 P337 has electro hydraulic power pac and which is not driven by any one engine, and seems to be much faster than the older models. If there was "no change" in SOP then there would seem to be little value in the gear door mod. I will PM Ray Torres on his thoughts and post what I find out.
Dave Dillehay
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The "value" of the gear door mod is fewer moving parts and elimination of the two big gear doors which do cause a bit of drag during retraction.
Essentially I treat the Skymaster like a single engine plane on take off, once I'm high enough for no landing on the runway the gear comes up.