The Fw190 landing gear, being electric, isn't going to "drop" unless the uplock is unlocked (a separate control Carr didn't know about) and the electric motor's gearbox is somehow damaged. The uplock is only needed for such a situation as the gear is otherwise quite immobile with power off. It might be that battle damage could short some circuits resulting in motoring an individual leg down, but the uplock would also have to be similarly damaged or previously unlocked.

(I've had to deal with some bizarre intermittent electrical problems on planes that resulted from somebody inadvertently running a drill bit into a wire bundle - lol. One had a DC-10 grounded for a week.)

Also, as the right leg moves the tailwheel moves as the two are cabled together, there being no separate tailwheel actuator.


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