DaveRindner Posted July 13, 2017 Posted July 13, 2017 So a wacky thing on my "checkout' mission, that I run after being away from Mig21bis for a time. My gear went all screwy. I retracted my gear normally, however when I put the gear level into neutral, the front gear dropped. From that point, I could retract my front gear, but not drop rear gear. So I punched off stores and fuel tank, then flew around burning off gas to get it to 700 . Then landed with rear gear down, front up. The drag chute failed to deploy, despite multiple button press. Oh well. Mig did run off the runway, but at low velocity. Funny thing is that post mission brief, did not report any system fails. Track is attached. I think I may have initiated the problem unknowingly, when during startup, I accidentally clicked on front gear emergency release handle. then released it, when turning on pitot heating. The mission did not have any fails enabled, but global preferences do allow random fails. If this was real life, I may have survived it, in any military service, got a handshake and a hug, and definite grounding from PTB. I don't ever recall using this emergency front gear release lever (on right foot well), or reading about in RTFM. Track and mission attached.Mig21bis_noRearGear_eRec.trkPMC_ops.miz
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