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From: amichiel@rodan.acs.syr.edu (Allen J Michielsen)
Newsgroups: sci.space.shuttle
Subject: Re: Will we lose another orbiter
Message-ID: <2836@rodan.acs.syr.edu>
Date: 7 Apr 90 17:56:31 GMT
References: <1990Mar29.184206.16592@utzoo.uucp> <278@flight.UUCP> <1990Apr6.024844.16083@utzoo.uucp>
Reply-To: amichiel@rodan.acs.syr.edu (Allen J Michielsen)
Organization: Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY
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In article <1990Apr6.024844.16083@utzoo.uucp> henry@utzoo.uucp (Henry Spencer) writes:
>In article <278@flight.UUCP> george@flight.UUCP (George Rachor ) writes:
>>Are you talking about blown tires or gear deployment failure
>
>No gear-up landings -- so far, when asked to come down, the gear has
>always come down...

   On a side note, correct me if my memory has fogged considerably...
Isn't the gear down system a spring loaded explosive system ?
I kinda remember understanding that the gear was locked in place by
explosive bolts, which are blown & the gear drops.  Gravity & springs
then drop the gear.  If that's correct the gear could only stay up if
the explosive bolts don't fire.
al