A109 nose wheel
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From: Wandering the FIR and cyberspace often at highly unsociable times
Are you sure about that? IIRC the nose section redesign and the change of the NLG pivot required the doors to be modified to allow the tyre to remain partially 'out in the breeze' when retracted from the 109E onwards. This was done along with the main gear redesign.
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From: OS SX2063
We've occasionally (twice) seen damage at the rear end of the door when not in flight, usually happens in the dark when the one pothole in the whole apron at one of our airport based operations is found by the nosewheel when taxiing back to the hangar.
Could that be the cause of the mods you refer to ShyTorque ? Or was it definitely done for an inflight issue ?
Could that be the cause of the mods you refer to ShyTorque ? Or was it definitely done for an inflight issue ?
