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Old 13th Feb 2024, 11:53
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Fursty Ferret
 
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Originally Posted by dixi188
What about the extra drag with the doors open if the startle factor of the engine failure causes the crew to forget to retract the gear?
I've seen this in the sim.
They will close again after 30 seconds. Having said that the engine-out performance of the 787 is so marginal that I suspect you’d know pretty quickly that you’d forgotten the gear.
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