Description
According to the maintenance manual for the Savannah S (chapter 5.1. Heavy landing):
After a heavy landing, control the aircraft before the next flight.
Main landing gear:
Verify the landing gear spring shape and integrity, the attachments area, the fuselage surrounding
areas, the spring constrain brackets and its bolts, red rubber (Vulkollan), wheel rims, tyres, wheel
axis and its ring nut closure. For any problem observed, replace the part damaged with a spare new
one. If the main landing gear spring is bent abnormally or unsymmetrically (within a certain limit,
about 15° from the design), it is possible to disassemble the spring and bend again to the correct
design values by means of bending machine or hydraulic press with internal radius of 110 [mm] and
external. Design values (without any constrains or loads/weight) are the following, with +/ 5° and +/-
50 [mm] of tolerance:
