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Originally Posted by William Hung[_2_]
http://www.sa-transport.co.za/aircra...by-5a_ra98.JPG
OK, I've seen pictures of PBYs with;
1. All three gears down and the outer potoons down,
2. All gears down, potoons up,
3. Gears up, potoons down,
4. and now the above picture with only the main gears down, but nose
wheel still tucked in and pontoons still up or maybe no pontoons.
My question are; are the gears controlled individually, are the
pontoons controlled separately, are the font and main gears controlled
separately also? If so, why?
Wil
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I guess that picture is just after take-off and the nose gear retracted first. (even though the plane appears slight nose down).
The Registration number shown under the picture is wrong, as only US registrations start with N and they can have up to 5 places in the registration. You can only have two letters in the registration, and if there are letters they have to be in the last positions. (A number can never follow a letter - except for the starting "N" of course).