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**HAL9000** · 09-24-2005, 04:26 PM

To be honest with ya.... I had no doubts the plane would come down safely.... with the wheel sideways like that... worst case scenario would be the nose wheel collapses under the sudden strain and the plane skids to a stop on its nose.... I would be more worried if that nose wheel was say steering off 30-40 degrees to one side instead of nearly 90 degrees... there would be a major tendancy for the plane to want to veer off the runway and create a real mess.

09-24-2005, 04:26 PM	#28
HAL9000 Red-eyed Moderator Staff Premium Member Join Date: Dec 1999 Location: Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada Posts: 17,575	To be honest with ya.... I had no doubts the plane would come down safely.... with the wheel sideways like that... worst case scenario would be the nose wheel collapses under the sudden strain and the plane skids to a stop on its nose.... I would be more worried if that nose wheel was say steering off 30-40 degrees to one side instead of nearly 90 degrees... there would be a major tendancy for the plane to want to veer off the runway and create a real mess. __________________ -At Ford, quality is job #1, job #2 is making them explode. ~Norm MacDonald, SNL News -Switching to Glide..Balancing in my head..inside of me... taking the glide path instead.