Where are the gear's?

[alrot]

Covers?from the Default 737_400,Is it my video card?,after take off, the exterior model doen't show the doors of the landing gear ,instead they appear retract from a down view showing the wheels,   i hope the real aircraft isn't like that,would be very instable in wich aerodinamic means

[bdenni]

The 737 does not have a cover over the gear when it is retracted into the aircraft.  The link below is to Airliners.net that shows a 734 in flight.

http://www.airliners.net/open.file/475196/L/

[alrot]

Holy s&$\@| I swear, I though it was an incomplete desigh,i was joking by that, now everybody are gonna make fun of me....well I don't care im just human,we all make mistakes

[Ivan]

Apart from the fist few 737-100 and 737-200 no 737's have gear covers. the ones that did had them removed as it isnt the easiest geardoor system maintenance wise.

[jrpilot]

They did this for weight along with other reasons also.  I always wondered why, I thought having no gear doors would cause drag but appearantly not.  Also alot of other aircraft don't have gear doors, I know the Canadair and Embraer don't.

[Ivan]

mechanical wear, these are all designed as short hop machines