# High-wing Cessna retractable landing gear.  How does it work?

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [September 8, 2013, 4:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/high-wing-cessna-retractable-landing-gear-how-does-it-work/668309 "2013-09-08T04:52:12Z")\
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**Author:** ![MonkeyMensch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/82dd89/32.png) [@MonkeyMensch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MonkeyMensch)\
**Post date:** [September 9, 2013, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/high-wing-cessna-retractable-landing-gear-how-does-it-work/668309/21 "2013-09-09T21:06:19Z")

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> [@MonkeyMensch](#):
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> It’s a term I haven’t heard in years but it used to be called the “limp grasshopper” retraction method.

…and I got the term wrong: it’s the “wounded grasshopper.” Carry on.

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