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12-24-2011, 11:53 AM

Planespotta

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MD-11 Nosegear

http://www.airliners.net/photo/KLM--...-11/2037113/L/

How does it do that?! Go up on one wheel?
Merry xmas everyone...

12-24-2011, 01:26 PM

EasternATC

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Sorry, I don't have the answer to your question. My mind is reeling with possible Audrey Hepburn jokes.

12-24-2011, 01:34 PM

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How does it do that?! Go up on one wheel?
Merry xmas everyone...

Well, the nose strut is inclined forward--let's say 10 degrees.

When the wheel is turned 90 degrees left, the axle (which is rigid) would be inclined the same 10 degrees.......

I didn't get the Audrey Hepburn reference..

12-24-2011, 03:05 PM

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The Saab 340 does that too. I think I've seen it on the ATR as well.

12-24-2011, 03:39 PM

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Its not unheard of for the MX staff to use this to change a nose wheel tire if a jack is not available. FYI DC10 is same nose gear. Its a little concerning when you're making a 90 degree turn at 630K and you think about the fact that all that is on one tire.

12-25-2011, 06:32 AM

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I didn't get the Audrey Hepburn reference..

Perhaps the Dutch have no mandatory retirement, if Audrey is still an FO at her age.

12-26-2011, 05:38 AM

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Gulfstreams and some other corp jets do the same thing.

12-26-2011, 01:50 PM

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I didn't get the Audrey Hepburn reference..[/QUOTE]

Look at the right side of picture again. She was Dutch.

12-26-2011, 02:13 PM

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I didn't get the Audrey Hepburn reference..

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...Look at the right side of picture again. She was Dutch.

Ahah!

The entire picture doesn't show on my monitor, and I didn't slide it to the right (until now), as I saw the nose-gear (the point of the thread).

I did learn something, though: I didn't know she was born in Belgium.

12-26-2011, 07:20 PM

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Its not unheard of for the MX staff to use this to change a nose wheel tire if a jack is not available. FYI DC10 is same nose gear. Its a little concerning when you're making a 90 degree turn at 630K and you think about the fact that all that is on one tire.

The first time I read that, I wasn't thinking weight. I just couldn't imagine taxing at 0.9 mach.