Originally Posted by
infrequentflyer789
They had to extend the nose gear for all Max and design and certify a magic folding link thing on the main gear for the -10, I'm not sure why they didn't just do that job properly and give -8/-9 and -10 long enough legs to put the engines same place as the NG so that it flew like the NG, with no need for crazy software bodges.
I understand that this, which was really the start of the whole issue, was due to the basic 1960s 737-100 frame structure of the aircraft not having sufficient space between the ribs and spars for a landing gear of the new required length to be retracted into. Sorting that out would have been a complete frame redesign.