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To: snopercod
The astronauts must do that manually.

Please explain...they crawl over to the wing attach point and turn cranks...?

203 posted on 02/02/2003 3:07:55 PM PST by Fitzcarraldo
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To: Fitzcarraldo
Please explain...they crawl over to the wing attach point and turn cranks...?

The wheels are deployed using explosive bolts, which are activated by the pilot pressing a button. The doors fly open and the wheels lock in place. (The button, BTW, is covered and well-protected, so it'd be highly unlikely that it was accidentally pushed.)

526 posted on 02/02/2003 6:02:05 PM PST by r9etb
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