name that wheel well

[tinpis]

:p


http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y150/tinpis/wheelwell.jpg

[swh]

Fokker F-28 ?

:hmm:

[tinpis]

The skipper is checking for fare dodgers.

[swh]

nah 737, the flap transmission and MLG uplock gives it away

:}

[gaunty]

Nah has to be a British aircraft of some sort, only Heath Robinson could have designed such a sh!tfight in cables and pipes.:p
http://www.heathrobinson.org/Lubin.gif
and my favourite
http://www.bpib.com/illustrat/whrobin10.gif

[Capt Fathom]

I'm with swh...737...NG.

[OZBUSDRIVER]

Ok we can definitely rule out a C72R:)

[Vetical Limit]

Yeah i'd agree with a 737. A feature of its undercarraing is that the main wheels have no doors. The wheel hub sits flush with the airframe when retracted. From the picture there doesn't look to be any doors, just a circular hub.

Out of interest is this a feature exclusive to the 737 or does anyone know of any other large jets with a similar design?

[sprocket]

How 'bout a Fokker 100?

[tinpis]

:sad: Me is surprised.
What did you kids pay for your type rating?

[Arm out the window]

Looks like something out of 'Alien'; one of those nasty muthas must be about to creep out from between the pipes and do something 'orrible to him!

[Dehavillanddriver]

737 classic

C'mon Tinpis - fess up!

[tinpis]

Hint: The skipper is checking the Thronomister gauges .

:hmm:

[Capt Fathom]

He's checking the pressure of the Engine Fire Bottles.

It's still a 737!

[bourbonized]

looks like a falcon 900. the poor guy looks purplexed.

[Transition Layer]

And it's obviously pre-OHS days. No gay bar fluoro vest and no hearing protection, tsk tsk

Would that rule out a 737 NG then?

:D
TL

[sprocket]

I'll have another stab Tinny. I'll say it's the RH wheel well. :hmm:

[ftrplt]

Capt must haved crapped himself when he saw the dude that took the photo!

[Capt Fathom]

Gee...this competition is getting tough!
Photo was taken from the Stbd wheel well, by persons unknown at this time, but may earn you extra points for guessing! (tinpis ?)
The captain is standing in the port wheel well, facing aft. Cannot quite make out the brand of watch he is wearing. Nice gold one..retirement present? The time is 10:33am.
And I've seen that tarmac before..? :uhoh:

[Speeds high]

Not a 737, as the bottom of the well is at the guys neckline, and he doesn't look like a midget, also not 727, as he can jsut walk out without dropping his head. Not enough gear door for Airbus.

My best guess would be C-152 (or mabey MD-88)

[QSK?]

Definitely not a Piper Seminole !

[Cloud Cutter]

Embraer EMB-190

[tinpis]

:rolleyes: hint: Lookit the wheel rim.

[gaunty]

Still got my money on a British airframe then.

Them wheel rims look the mags on my plash Volvo.

[Sunfish]

I'm going to go for a BAC 111, or perhaps something French?. It looks too crowded for the 737 or 727, at least from my limited memory, and I can't see a walking beam actuator anywhere. The rubber around the lip of the wheel well looks 737- ish, but I still don't think it was that crowded.

The Captain is holding his ears to protect against APU noise, but that still doesn't make it a 727 or 737 in my opinion. I also don't think the Russians would have made such a dog's breakfast of the wheel well.

[Chimbu chuckles]

F28.......dots added so post accepted as looong enough
:p

[Kris Lovell]

Tinpis,

This is a photo without the man.

737-800...


http://photos.airliners.net/middle/4/7/5/415574.jpg


Cheers

Kris

[406pilot]

hello there....

definately a 737-200 (of -100) model,capt could be checkin' either the system A hydraulic accumulator pressure or the fire extinguisher bottle pressures...

keep it up there fellows,

no more 406pilot

[Creampuff]

Isn't that Captain Joe Patroni (played by George Kennedy) inspecting the wheel well of Concorde in Airport 79?

He's making sure that the sidewinder missile detection system is serviceable. Devotees of the Airport series will recall that Joe managed to avoid being shot down by a sidewinder, by opening the DV window (which, being a European aircraft in the case of the Concorde, was on the right hand side) and firing a flare to fool the missile.

Absent a serviceable sidewinder detection system (and a rear view mirror and a very strong arm) Captain Joe wouldn't have been able to save the Concorde.

As I recall, the sidewinder detection system was fitted in the left hand MLG well in –200 models of the Concorde. An amazing piece of technology, given that the sidewinder was a passive missile.

[AIRWAY]

Come on Tinpis.... Im dying to know the answer :O

[fixa24]

my guess is a 146!

[the wizard of auz]

I'm going for the 146 too or the RJ70. doesn't seem to be much evidence of a wing there.

[150Aerobat]

Complexity says British; height says lower than 737 so I say 146. Besides, it's obvious; he's looking exactly where the 146 spare key is kept.

[nig&nog]

I know the 146 is old and British but if it had that many wires and piping, they would've already been scrapped to sims metal to get there moneys worth. Looks more like an AN-12.

Cheers

[CLEAR PROP]

If you were to have a look at the following link, you would have to say it is very similiar to the 737 NG...that would be my guess....this has kept me busy at work for a good hour...... beats number crunching !! :O

http://www.b737.org.uk/wheelwellstbdng_labelled.jpg

[Capt Fathom]

Has tinny taken his bat & ball and gone home?

[*Lancer*]

I'm going to pick the DC9 ;)

[F/O Bloggs]

Sorry to bust a bubble,

But it is definitely not a 146, or a DC9.

Tinpis is from Darwineland, maybe something Military, or Russian even.

[AIRWAY]

I think we should send a search party, Tinpis is missing from D&G :sad: :ooh:

:ok:

[sprocket]

Maybe he tried to update his profile again. Come on tinpis, another clue. :ugh:

[supercarb]

Well how about this (http://www.wheelsandbrakes.goodrich.com/commercial/products/b737nextgen.shtml) clue? ;)

[Howard Hughes]

http://www.b737.org.uk/wheelwellportng_labelled.jpg
Am I getting close?

It also appears that whilst the photo looks quite old, our intrepid aviator does seem to be wearing the new QF (ie:black) uniform.

It is definately a Boeing of some description.

Cheers, HH.

:ok:

[Capt Fathom]

Maybe Tinny has been arrested whilst snapping shots for the next competition! :uhoh:

[Sunfish]

It is a 737 of some description then, the rubber door seals give it away.

[pakeha-boy]

tinpis mate....it is a continental MD-80......ie uniform is a giveaway,and the wheels are of that euipment.......please send my prize tout-sweet.......rangi

[tinpis]

Ok all those that said 737 600-NG have a cigar
Its seems there are a number of possibilities
Virgin and Kwantas pilots are not lookin at much on a walkaround..
....or

Not many of them proon.

:}

[Capt Basil Brush]

Here's a tip boys, the old fella is looking for some new line check questions to sort out the young guns - and he is actually studying the main gear servicing chart on the wheel well rear wall!

"Not many of them proon"

Most guys I know now dont give this site a look at all, having written it off as a waste of time.

BB

[Aunt Mavis]

Looks like a Mooney to me

[Lodown]

Can't see the name, but I'm sure the manufacturer has already named that wheel well.

[tinpis]

Glad you dont think that way Basil :ok: