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Old 7th Dec 2016, 07:56
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Uplinker
 
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@jamestkirk, when the first Q400 - JEDI was delivered, it landed like a dream, but after about 6-12 months, its landings got more agricultural.

I noticed why this was on a walk around one day: the MLG oleo extension was much less than it had been when it was delivered, so on most landings we were now hitting the bumpstops. Other pilots and engineers were not interested in doing anything about this, so I started inventing a crosswind on every landing and landed one maingear just before the other, rather than together. This made things much more comfortable.

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