Originally Posted by
cavokblues
I was always told the reason 195 v1 wasn't certified was something to do about the risks of tail strikes? Isn't that still a risk on the E2 version?
I believe you are correct, the E195 is longer behind the main gear than the E190, and with the steeper approach the risk of tail strike led to it being outside the LCY parameters. The same applied to the E175 compared to the E170.
I must say I never quite got why Embraer offered no less than four different fuselage lengths on the Embraer simultaneously, with E170/175/190/195. Seemed a lot of certification complexity and non-standardisation, particularly for secondhand and re-leasing values. Surely two would have been enough.