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well first, it dosent happen automatcally and second, air line pilots usually put it from around 50-300 feet

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Q: At what altitude does the planes landing gear go up?
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What altitude do the wheels go in on a plane?

The rule of thumb is this. Retract the gear as soon as there is no longer enough runway in front of you to land on. In small aircraft, there may still be plenty of runway in front of you on takeoff that you could make an emergency landing if needed. You would leave the gear down until that was no longer the case. Large aircraft which use more runway could not safely make that maneuver, and so the gear are retracted immediately after takeoff. The landing gear introduces a large amount of drag to the aircraft and every ounce of thrust can be very important during takeoff and climbout, so pilots are generally very quick to retract the gear. However, if one wished, there is no reason you could not fly all the way up to cruise altitude with the gear extended, however the pilot would have to be careful not to exceed the maximum landing-gear extended speed (VLE)


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Vlo = Maximum landing gear operating speed (do not exceed this speed while the landing gear is operaing) Vle = Maximum landing gear extended speed (do not exceed this speed while the landing gear is extended) When the landing gear is fully retracted or fully extended it is locked into position and is more resistant to damage from high airspeeds. When the landing gear is in the process of extending or retracting (operating) there is no locking mechanism, and the only thing resisting the airflow is the extension/retraction mechanisms. Additionally, on some aircraft, the landing gear may swing or swivel in odd directions in order to tuck into their recesses, this can cause odd aerodynamic behavoir in the rest of the aircraft if done at high speeds. Once the landing gear is extended, it is rare that a pilot would then exceed Vlo. Most of the time the landing gear is lowered shortly before landing and the pilot is doing everything he can to slow the aircraft further. However in the event that an aircraft had to be flown a long distance with the landing gear extended (such as a ferry flight to a repair facility) the pilot would go ahead & fly Vle.


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