ORIGINAL: BaldEagel
ORIGINAL: Couch Potato
ORIGINAL: BaldEagel
...why would you want to shut down the turbine with the gear up?
Imminent crash ?
If you have enough time in an imminent crash situation to shut the turbine down, you have enough time to flick the gear switch, turbine responds as normal.
Mike
1) I think there's no point in making the shut down harder than it has to be, because there simply may NOT be that much time.
2) There is the occasional hung or unlocked main gear, then the flying site is grass the preferred landing is gear up with the engine shut down on short final.