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What's hanging off of MD80 nosewheels? (Read 943 times)

Oct 17^th, 2006 at 8:48pm

ReverseThrust Offline
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I've wondered for a long time the purpose and advantage of the piece that hangs off the back of the nosegear on the MD80 aircraft. It has also carried through to the B717 as seen in this picture. Anyone know what it is????

Example of this black thing on 2 717s
I've never seen in on any other aircraft, large or small.

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Reply #1 - Oct 18^th, 2006 at 1:20am

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Are you referring to the scissors link? That folding thing at the back of the strut?

The scissors stabilizes the strut so that the axle part and the strut stay lined up... very important so the wheels point the way you want.

Steve (Silver Fox) Daly

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Reply #2 - Oct 18^th, 2006 at 2:19am

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He means the spraycatcher... which keeps the water under the fuselage when landing on wet runways.
It also keeps dirt, gravel and othre stuff away from the engines.

Russian planes: IL-76 (all standard length ones), Tu-154 and Il-62, Tu-134 and An-24RV&&&&AI flightplans and repaints can be found here

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Reply #3 - Oct 18^th, 2006 at 9:02am

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It was used before chined tyres came about.

Matt

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Reply #4 - Oct 18^th, 2006 at 11:05am

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The man landing gear's got them aswell, but they aren't as visible.

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Reply #5 - Oct 18^th, 2006 at 6:49pm

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Thanks, everyone. I knew about chinned tires--the planes I work with (bizjets) have them--but I had never seen the catcher except on MD80s. Thanks for your info.

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Reply #6 - Oct 18^th, 2006 at 9:45pm