togsdragracing
5th Feb 2024, 20:22
Watching LHR and LAX webcasts has given rise to a question which I'm sure our friendly flight crew here will answer.
When an aircraft is landing and its main landing gear (I mean the back wheels) touches down, are there any criteria which have to be met before then putting the nose wheel down? Or is it just put it down as soon as you can, or is the aircraft configured in such a way that the nose wheel is going down anyway?
What gave rise to the question was seeing a Singapore Airlines A380 touch down last week and the Trends Analyst in me noticed that the nose wheel seemed to be put down more quickly than usual. I love watching aircraft but I freely admit that I know know absolutely nothing about flying them so this is not any kind of criticism of that particular landing. But it did make me wonder idly what the form is and thus is a good chance to learn something.
When an aircraft is landing and its main landing gear (I mean the back wheels) touches down, are there any criteria which have to be met before then putting the nose wheel down? Or is it just put it down as soon as you can, or is the aircraft configured in such a way that the nose wheel is going down anyway?
What gave rise to the question was seeing a Singapore Airlines A380 touch down last week and the Trends Analyst in me noticed that the nose wheel seemed to be put down more quickly than usual. I love watching aircraft but I freely admit that I know know absolutely nothing about flying them so this is not any kind of criticism of that particular landing. But it did make me wonder idly what the form is and thus is a good chance to learn something.