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Old 1st Feb 2013, 22:45
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CY, how about spinning up the main gear before landing to reduce rubber loss on touch down. We had a nose wheel spin up on our Citation Jet in the 70's. It was a flying whore house with video, etc in Alaska during the oil find. They could land on gravel strips and bleed air spun up the nose gear so it was not as likely to throw rocks into the engines. The landing lights had screens in front of the light.

Unfortunately we got it after it came back to California. That is how they got their rocks off in Alaska. Maybe it will help prevent burning rubber on our airliners here.
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