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Originally Posted by The_WOZ
From reading the page linked by Alpha, and the translated Fw 190-A8 manual here: http://www.lexpev.nl/downloads/fw190a8.pdf
My conclusions are these:
- If the uplocks are shot, the landing gear will gently drop down (the sealed air piston will force the gear down, but the high geared motor will make this a slow process), would probably need some shaking to completely lock down.
- The same will happen when the pilots tries to lower the gear if the electric motor is damaged.
- A damaged reduction gear will most probably made impossible to lowering that landing gear leg.
- A completely destroyed reduction gear will made the landing gear drop like a stone (when either the pilot tries to lower the gear or the uplocks are damaged), but it will never lock on the low position, and will collapse on touch down. |
Yep, you got it. If I remember right, it's geared 144:1, so it might come down slowly, part way or not at all. Of course if the retract arm is hit, down it falls. The uplock isn't actually required, but it takes the load off the electrical system which would constantly have to put load on the motor without it (eventually burning out the motor).