F-15C Pano

[spitfirejd]

Sort of... it's a crop and not a real pano, but anyways. I'm not sure why the main gear are all the way up before the nose wheel started to raise. I have pics of other F-15s with all three gear halfway up at the same time. Maybe one of you pilots/crew chiefs can unravel the mystery :)


http://spitfirejd.zenfolio.com/img/v0/p674734426-5.jpg


C&C always welcome.

[Scout7id]

Nice shot! Looks like a bit of mechanical trouble.

[FlyingPhotog]

World's Fastest Unicycle...

I hear you about the gear cycle sequence. Don't know why the F-15 tucks the mains so much faster than the nose gear either.

Anywho, nice shot!

[spitfirejd]

Thanks, guys. The nose gear eventually did go up, right after this shot was taken, but if you check out my thread on the F-15C demo you'll see an EG bird with all three gear halfway up. Weird.

[RyanM]

Looks like a malfunction. If you look at the pic closely you can see the pilot looking down in the cockpit... probably trying to fix the problem

[michael.luczkow]

clearly the pilots eyes are pointed up and to the left. *sigh*. Nice shot!

[Jeff]

Interesting timing on the shot.

[spitfirejd]

Thank you, sirs. I'll have to call an old jet jockey friend of mine and see if he knows.

[FlyingPhotog]

I do notice that the nose gear door is down...

FWIW, it's up when the gear is down so I think you just caught a funky retraction sequence and the nose gear hasn't started its travel yet.

[FA_Productions]

It is a very cool shot.

[DealsGapCobra]

That is a great shot but the nose gear is driving me nuts too. Good catch.

[spitfirejd]

It is a very cool shot.

That is a great shot but the nose gear is driving me nuts too. Good catch.

Thanks.