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- From: morse@mprgate.mpr.ca (Daryl Morse)
- Subject: Re: DC-8 nose-down attitude on the ground (was: Do DC-9s exhibit a nose-down
- X-Submission-Date: 21 Jan 93 15:38:42
- References: <airliners.1993.82@ohare.Chicago.COM> <airliners.1993.87@ohare.Chicago.COM>
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- In article <airliners.1993.87@ohare.Chicago.COM> Geoff.Miller@Corp.Sun.COM (Geoff Miller) writes:
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- > The fuselage of the DC-8 has a pronounced nose-down attitude on the ground,
- > which is especially noticeable with the stretched Super 60 and -70 models.
- > Does anyone know the reason for this? It occurs to me that the designers
- > might have had the possibility of a fuselage stretch in mind, even when the
- > original version was under development. (As an aside, I read someplace that
- > a similiar stretch of the 707 was deemed unfeasible due to the lack of extra
- > clearance during rotation for takeoff.)
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- A recent article in Aviation Week and Space Technology on the A340
- described how the front landing gear had to be redesigned because it
- was 10 inches too short. This resulted in a noticeable nose down /
- tail up attitude. Interestingly enough, the nose down attitude wasn't
- the reason for the change. Supposedly the tail up attitude placed the
- rear doors up to 16 inches too high for the lifts on the trucks.
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- My question is this: How could the designers goof by 10 inches?
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