Originally Posted by tubby linton
are there any brakes fitted on the body gear?
It seems there are, they talk about that earlier in the thread.
But as I say, these mark
is not from a braking action.
Originally Posted by hetfield
But it seems, the whole thing swept to the right. Look at the markings of engines 1 and 2.....
Absolutely, but note that the initial "climb" on the wall by #1 is in line with the overall movement of the approaching airplane.
As #1 "climbs" the
45 deg or so wall, Left set of wheels lift up, most off the weight transfers on Right set of wheels, and Center set of wheels drags side ways ...
And to get such a result, I would not be surprised at least #1 is still pushing ... a lot.
I know ..., not really what Airbus and BEA pretend ... ?
BTW,
very interesting picture !