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Can someone inform me what the above is at the rear of the aircraft which I assume retracts once the a/c takes off?
gas path
4th May 2006, 07:53
'Tis the tail skid, there to protect the fuselage if they overcook the rotation rate!
nitro rig driver
4th May 2006, 08:05
also called the donkey's c**k for obvious reasons
only fitted to the 300 and 400 series a/c...some may remember the tristar as well.has a telltale painted mark to see if the crew have indeed stroked it down the runway
Shoud have guessed that. Thanks