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Title: Penalty 15 - Gear Down after FL050
Post by: EHM-2029 Sotiris on June 17, 2007, 10:11:07 am

Hello fellow flyers,

just a quick one: Penalty 15 is when one has ldg gear extended after climbing over FL050.
What happens in the case of high latitude airports?
Example: MMMX Mexico City's Airport (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mexico_City_International_Airport) for example rests gracefully 7'340 ft AMSL.

So when taking off and for the few feet of initial climb prior to retraction I would be climbing over and well above FL050. What would happen? Would I get a penalty for operating from high airports or would it not register and I'd be safe?

Title: Penalty 15 - Gear Down after FL050
Post by: EHM-1651 Christian on June 17, 2007, 12:07:46 pm

No, I'm making a test flight out of MMMX now and I did not get a penalty for landing gear deplyed above FL050 when taking off from there.

Title: Penalty 15 - Gear Down after FL050
Post by: EHM-2089 Vincent on June 21, 2007, 08:09:10 am

Hi,

As far as I know I have never received that penalty even after taking from airports where altitude showed as 2500 ft or more. I haven't checked it again before I write but based on my previous flight, what I generally go is, the moment I get a positive rate of ascend and confident that the plane is going to be airborne, I will immediately take up the gear.

Its kind of a habit that the gear comes in immediately on take off. For this, get to the spot view once you reach Vr. (Speed Rotate). You can have a good look at the plane lifting up and immediately press the G key. This also helps to reduce the drag and help in the faster climb (reduced drag).

Hope this helps.