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ShyTorque

31st Aug 2017 11:32

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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.

Yes, I'm certain. It was about ten years ago. The 109S I flew at the time had the modification carried out. I recall that some doors were damaged at their rear end, possibly by the yoke, rather than the tyre.

VeeAny

31st Aug 2017 13:08

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 ?

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