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Old 31st Dec 2008, 15:14
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airfoilmod
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RTO

Max braking associated w/ RTO @ 105 knots puts a hellish load on wheels that are meant mainly to prevent the a/c from curtseying on the ramp. The sequence is suggestive of maingear inducing sideloading on the nose gear, which held on long enough to steer the a/c into the weeds before it failed completely. At 105 knots this machine is an out of control "truck", not quite a bird. Transition from truck to bird or vice versa imposes high forces on equipment that is asked to do much very near its limits.