Originally Posted by
treadigraph
Sycamore, I assume you never flew Stephen Grey's Wildcat? I think the standard method of undercarriage retraction/extension involved a considerable number of turns on a cranking mechanism, with the facility to crack yer knuckles if your hand slipped...
If Lomcevak reads this, he can probably confirm the first bit, hopefully not the second!
First confirmed, managed to avoid the second. If not well rigged then when lowering the gear it can free fall and the handle rotates very quickly! TFC’s is well rigged.