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Originally Posted by Sternjaeger II
yep, it's an emergency wind-powered generator, we Italians were well aware of the reliability of our gear 
The interesting thing to see would be if the generator deployment affects airspeed, or if the door open (which again it would be very hard to open against the slipstream like that) would affect speed and cause drag on the yaw axis. |
it must have been one of the first aircraft to have it, most military and larger airliners now use it!
Which is good given those "whoops no fuel" incidents
