C208 question, wheels
Why in designing the 208 did the engineers at Cessna decide to sweep the main gear slightly forward? I get perhaps they had to be at that fuselage frame for structural purposes, even then they may have wanted to sit on their arse - but why exacerbate the situation?! Over 30 years of pogo sticks, bent rear bulkheads, boofed in tailcones, red faced pilots - what was the overriding design consideration that made all this necessary?
Imagine if any of the other 200 series were designed the same way. Ridic