330m of runway behind me, 2000m in front of me. I whip the gear up
...doh just been beaten to it!....Well, here's my input anyway....In your scenario, the gear should still be down, and only put away when "out of usable runway". However, if said gear was up, if I couldn't climb or avoid high ground, then no decision to make, I'd put her straight back down, even if it meant no gear. I certianly wouldn't initiate a crash trying to put the gear down as that'd look really stupid in the AAIB report
Better to land on the runway Gear up, than on a field, house, Dixons, KFC etc..
Cheers
EA
