bia botal.
I believe what we are looking at with regards the straight deep gouge is the nose gear,
Despite all I said before - I agree with you 100% - and I've learnt something. From PJ2's earlier sketch of (unusual) MD-80 gear geometry it takes
only 7 degrees drift/yaw to put the nose gear outside of the mains. Live and learn
Red line is 7 degrees offset.
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