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Re: Spit incident

Posted by TonyD on Tue Jul 09, 2002 06:21:04 PM

In reply top Re: Spit incident posted by Mark Russell on Tue Jul 09, 2002 05:51:50 PM

Interesting, on the Hurricane the up locks are attached to the main centre section of the fuselage, one can view the wheels through two little windows in the 'floor' by the heel boards. A gravity mechnism is fitted that simultaneously releases both uplock mechanisms (colloquially called the kick down mechanism cos you activate it with your left foot) allowing the wheels to drop. Inverting the aircraft could release the load on the up lock hook mechanism thereby allowing the kick down to be operated more easily and allowing the undercarriage to drop down when the pilot rolls upright again.....Pure speculation on my behalf based on a Hurricane. Now if it was a spit, the mechanism is in the wing (as the legs retract outboard as opposed to a Hurricane retracting inboard.

Glad he sorted it whatever the aircraft and type!



: On the local Isle of Man news web-site it shows a pic of H
: urricane PZ865, so it may have been that aircraft.
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: Main thing is that the aircraft got back on the ground saf
: ely. Well done that engineer :)
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: M

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