At what altitude the pilots go down the landing gear on final approach?
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less than 2000 ft. and about 4.0nm from airport, but depends, real life pilots or are you talking about the game?
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established on localizer I think?
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Gear down depends on the pattern position too, on Boeing , when turning base, flaps 15° and gear down, same for Airbus, but the flaps are 2.
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I thought it was 3nm out.
Well I read that somewhere I don’t remember exactly it was something like that. Narroc_Wim
I don’t know who told me but someone said 3 miles. I often see planes put gear down about 3-4 miles out.
That’s a bit late. Most airlines SOPs want you fully configured by 4nm at the latest (unless you are doing a low drag approach). Gear down & flaps 15 should be around 8-6nm out.
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Yes I also see them too
I’ve never seen planes with gears out at 8 miles. Maybe none of the airlines that fly to Orlando follow that procedure.
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At the earliest, I see them put down gear at around where the purple pin is for the westernmost runway.
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In my knowledge and experience the pilot put gear down when “Flap 2”
P.s I don’t know the exact time :(
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Check this link, its a topic I made with the configuration for Airbus and Boeing aircraft at each stage of the traffic pattern.
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You should be fully configured before 1000 feet.
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@aernout can explain
On the airbus between 2000 feet with flaps 2, on the A380 it takes around 60 seconds to lower the gear.
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Just checking a typical approach chart with 3 degree glide, 2000ft looks like 6nm out I think.
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They usally do gear down at around 10nm from base. Or at least that’s what I saw
10nm out is a bit too far. It would just waste fuel unnecessarily.
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Emergency takes 70 seconds :)
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