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Old 23rd Dec 2016, 02:12
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noflynomore
 
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Just a question out of curiosity and none of my research has given me an answer.
Sorry PVT, I take that back.

One would imagine no effect as the aircraft was all but airborne and there was next to no weight on the wheels. The EMAS might get some shallow tyre tracks across it but that's about it. If the wheels don't dig right into the stuff there is little retardation, and they only do that when much of the aeroplanes weight is on them.
EMAS doesn't destroy the gear under any circumstances, or it isn't supposed to.

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