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There are many reasons why the landing gear might fail to fully extend and lock. There is no way the lever can know about all of these ahead of time. Which is

by phire 6y ago

There are many reasons why the landing gear might fail to fully extend and lock. There is no way the lever can know about all of these ahead of time. Which is why the checklists require the pilots check the landing gear status lights to check the landing gear is down and locked.

tux1968 6y ago
Of course, and that wouldn't change. But why on earth does that preclude the idea of better feedback for the case where the plane wont even try to extend the gear even if you were to lower the lever?