The Vampire's U/C and flap levers were down the bottom of the throttle pedestal, virtually out of sight. The U/C knob was wheel-shaped and the other was squarish. When the port oleo was compressed a microswitch would put and interferance bar above the U/C lever therefore preventing it from being pulled up. It worked for me several times.
If you got a load of flak thrown up at you from the runway caravan it meant that your U/C was not down and locked or the bulb in the nose light that told him so was blown.
5500rpm, or was it 7500 rpm was the minimum on finals as the engine would take so long to accelerate without rumbling like a dinosaurs belly after a bathful of Vindaloo.
Refering to the post below I think this was an RAF FTC mod.
Last edited by Fareastdriver; 18th Nov 2007 at 03:14.