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Old 09-17-2006 | 06:03 AM
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This CLG resonance problem only occured at CLG hardware on the MD-11.
The CLG wheel tendend to loose the brake actions earlier an more often due to autobraking, resulting in a violent resonance throughout the airplane. Due to extreme fatique some CLGs failed in operation.

As weights are far more bigger on the Main mounts, these MLG doesn't have this problem. The brake actions of the carbon brakes fitted on nowadays aircraft are more efficient then the metal brakes which are used on the DC-10.
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