Originally posted by 68Lurch 
does anyone else notice that the gear come down half way through the fuselage back flip well after the cockpit separated. Scary situation but i just found that a little amusing that the gear came down after separation i would think that they controls for the gear would be just behind the pilot seat. 
 I assume the gear is held up by hydrolic pressure and once the AC broke up the hydrolics failed and the gear dropped.