Ian Ridell's blade seals :)

[Guest rugerdog]

Here is a very good view of a 737-700 main gear blade seal (the rubber flap looking thingy around the hole in the bottom of the photo where the wheel gear comes up through during retraction). :)http://www.airliners.net/open.file/057299/L/

[Guest rugerdog]

Riddell has two 'd's, my bad.

[Guest Ian_Riddell]

Now find a shot taken from the inside with the gear UP to see if the seals let any light through :-hahFailing that, I wonder how well the gear position viewing port (window) works with the gear up? (You'd have to lift some carpet in the main cabin to do this however ;-)).Cheers.Ian.

[Guest Ian_Riddell]

Unfortunately, James, the spelling of my name may not be an issue in the near future... My bosses/managers have beeen leaning on me pretty hard not to post stuff about airplanes on public forums (a company rule which I've been breaking for some time now). I may have to go incognito.... but this is against AVSIM forum rules not to post your real name, so.... I don't quite know which way to go from here :-(Cheers.IrAiNddell ;-)

[teropa 4]

Aaaargh!!We can't lose your stake in Avsim. Just think of something... It's making me angry, that there must always be some RULE NOT to do anything. It's as if this world was a place where every piece of information should only be allowed to the few privileged ones grrrrr.TeroIanRiddell fanclub ;D

[Guest ba747heavy]

>IanRiddell fanclub ;DWhere can I join? :-hah

[ahaka 0]

So the next time I see a passenger to take a peek under the carpet during approach and shout "GEAR DOWN", I know he (or she ;) ) is a member of this club.There are in fact lots of small gadgets on an aircraft... Who wants to know how to unlock the lavatory doors? :) Hopefully noone...

[zubart 5]

The 737NG's do not have gear viewing windows. Instead, there is an independent set of landing gear lights on the overhead panel. What will they think of next!Floyd

[Guest puppypoo]

HiInteresting stuffTed

[qnh 70]

>So the next time I see a passenger to take a peek under the>carpet during approach and shout "GEAR DOWN", I know he (or>she ;) ) is a member of this club.>>There are in fact lots of small gadgets on an aircraft... Who>wants to know how to unlock the lavatory doors? :) Hopefully>noone...Funnily enough I did have to unlock the toilet door in a 747-400 once.I was in business class and after we had taken off I got up to go to the toilet and the door wouldn't open. The stewardess said it was broken. On the base of the door is a spring loaded latch, I flicked that, pulled the door off and reseated the mirror that had come loose during takeoff. Put the door back on and did what I had to do. Needless to say I had really good service for the rest of the flight :)ScottYBTL