Am not an aeronoutical engineer nor a pilot but just an aviation savvy and a plane spotter…I don’t understand how a b787 would do more than 2000ft asl after take off without retracting gear up that’s one of the problem with one of kq b787 which I have been spotting for almost 3 months as it takes off, then you go for years with such a glitch without doing something and then you talk of fuel efficiency.
different airlines with different S.O.P’s,KQ yao labda ni retraction at 3k there is no general rule to that.
It’s important to note that aircrafts do not have to retract their gear, remember some of them have fixed (non-retractable) landing gear
The main advantage is that it reduces drag and allows for a cleaner form(aerofoil design) .Yes you are right when it comes to fuel efficiency considering a 787’s 6000ltrs consumption per hour.Drag on the other hand would be counter set by the take off speed so retraction could well be anytime during the initial climb but before cruise level speed which differs during all phases of flight.But on the contrary tho i imagine the gear on a fighter would have a bad day at Mach 2 or at mach 3.3 za kina SR-71 kama haziko retracted .
Ndugu, educate me a little about the SIDs for runway 06…
Also, curious about landing checklist for B787…at which juncture do the landing gear drop/rise
Saidia tafadhali,
Sande.
Bangi hukuonyesha vitu zingine jamani …how do you do plane spotting without invoking interest/curiosity of our security apparatus.
Weren’t the 777s leased out to some Oman country
wiki.flightgear.org/Boeing_787-8_Dreamliner:_Operating_Manual_and_Checklists procedure used in a simulator and pretty much accurate.about the airport just download icao hkjk PDF chart and you will get all the info about the runway,VOR,DME navigation radios, either using VFR or IFR utapata ILS code and much more