Question for A380 pilots
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Question for A380 pilots
I've just watched this great video:
YouTube - The Belly of the Beast
What puzzles me is that the nose gear extends first - before the first flap selection - and the main gear does not extend until much later.What's going on here?!
YouTube - The Belly of the Beast
What puzzles me is that the nose gear extends first - before the first flap selection - and the main gear does not extend until much later.What's going on here?!
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That aint a A380 
It's a MK Airlines 747-200F.....
To get the nose gear down alone on the classic, as you can see in the video. You simply use the alternate gear extension switch on the overhead panel.
It's a MK Airlines 747-200F.....
To get the nose gear down alone on the classic, as you can see in the video. You simply use the alternate gear extension switch on the overhead panel.
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It's not an A380. It's an MK Cargo B747-200F. The video just highlights an Air France A380 on the ground at J'Burg during the taxi-out. For the purpose of the video the nose gear was probably alternate/gravity extended early to allow the video to take place.
