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Old 27th February 2008 | 01:48
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Terry McCassey
 
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If a brake unit has been disabled then it will not despin when the gear is seleceted up. This puts unnecessary strain on the gear due to the centripedal forces on the retract mechanism. To overcome this the MEL asks for the gear to be left extended for XX minutes after T/O to allow the unbraked unit to stop on it's own.
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