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Old 1st May 2005 | 11:13
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mustafagander
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I don't think so - check the B767 MLG. Very toes down isn't it? No other wheels to consider. Boeing claims they tilt that way to fit into the wells. Not a bad reason you must admit.

This wheels all in a line stuff might possibly happen in a perfectly flown, perfectly trimmed, perfectly on speed a/c on a perfectly level runway in a perfectly stable airmass with any wind exactly down the runway. Otherwise I think it's a nonsense. I bet a close look at the geometry of the situation will show that the wheels need to point the way they do to fit in.
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