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It's not supposed to fail. Anything could fail, and yeah that sucks. If it fails on the first try, it will probably fail on the second try. Landing with gear u
by burfog 7y ago
It's not supposed to fail. Anything could fail, and yeah that sucks. If it fails on the first try, it will probably fail on the second try.
Landing with gear up happens sometimes, and pilots are supposed to do a decent job with it. Large passenger jets have done this and been put back into service after repairs.
Failure can be detected. Throttle up, and any other needed adjustments, can be done immediately by the computer. Getting up off the runway again can be automatic.
- freehunter 7y agoNot exactly true. Many airplanes have manual gear release systems if the mechanical systems fail [1]. These systems don't always work, true, and they may still have to land gear-up true, but there is a manual fail-over system and it does have to be used occasionally. If the rear wheels are already down, though, it's too late to try this. Aviation is not the type of industry where "failures can be handled automatically by the computer" is an acceptable answer. There's almost always manual systems in place for when the computers fail, which they do. [1] https://aviation.stackexchange.com/questions/16913/if-the-landing-gear-is-stuck-in-an-airliner-can-the-crew-go-down-and-manually-o https://aviation.stackexchange.com/questions/16913/if-the-la...