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Originally Posted by Peter Ward
We've been seeing a few MRH-90 Taipan helicopters do some sorties over the
Royal National park (near where I live) then back to Holsworthy.
Took the attached happy snap as they were barreling by (with a nice lens)....but had to wonder...why
don't these army types retract their landing gear?
After decades of my chanting "positive climb, gear up" in the airline world, it does have me perplexed.  |
Military Helicopters are short haul aircraft so retractable undercarriage would be a pointless system with a potential point of failure. Extended or fixed undercarriage also offers better shock absorbing potential in an emergency.