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Old 7th November 2016 | 01:43
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Gilles Hudicourt
 
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A320 performance Question for Air India

I hope someone at Air India is reading this.

Air India Operates A320s with both 2 wheel MLG bogies and 4 wheel MLG bogies.

I would like to know what Accelerate-Stop advantage, if any, the 4 wheeled version has over the 2 wheeled version.

I imagine that the 4 wheeled version was not ordered just for Pavement Classification Reasons but for performance reasons as well, since the better braking should theoretically allow the 4 wheeled version to take off from shorter runways, especially in hot conditions.

Does anyone have actual figures ?
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