Originally Posted by
Downwind_Left
The 190 has significantly bigger main landing gear wheels and brakes than the 170. Flying both types side-by-side, off the same limiting runway close to MTOW for each type, the 190 is usually far less limiting. There have been many times off short and obstacle limited runways I’ve wished I was in a 190 and not a 170... never the other way around.
For a brief time we had to use an E170 simulator when the E190 wasn't available for technical reasons. I was astonished that the 170 had higher approach speeds than the 190 for identical weights while it had been the other way round with "enlarged" versions of planes I had previously flown. Must be the smaller wing.