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Quoting Downunderontop (Thread starter): |
Quoting Downunderontop (Reply 2): talking total replacement of the landing gear which would be lunacy |
Quoting Downunderontop (Reply 2): He said it would be about a 3 day process to change out the landing gear. |
Quoting Downunderontop (Thread starter): QF mechanics had told him that the A380 Landing gear has to be changed out every 150 cycles. |
Quoting Downunderontop (Thread starter): QF mechanics had told him that the A380 Landing gear has to be changed out every 150 cycles. |
Quoting Downunderontop (Thread starter): ...A380 Landing gear has to be changed out every 150 cycles. |
Quoting Zeke (Reply 6): Maybe the carbon brakes ? Replace every 150 landings ? |
Quoting Zeke (Reply 6): Maybe the carbon brakes ? Replace every 150 landings ? |
Quoting Downunderontop (Thread starter): the A380 Landing gear has to be changed out every 150 cycles |
Quoting Downunderontop (Thread starter): A380 Landing gear has to be changed out every 150 cycles |
Quoting Zeke (Reply 11):
Carbon brakes wear by the number of applications, not by the braking pressure. |
Quoting N8076U (Reply 13):
Perhaps Airbus wants to pull the gear off only the first operational aircraft at 150 cycles, so they can disassemble and inspect it to gauge how its holding up to normal use. |
Quoting WingedMigrator (Reply 12): Those people have no clue. To save on maintenance, it is obvious that the landing gear would be changed at the same time that the wings are rotated, every 120 cycles. |
Quoting WingedMigrator (Reply 12): Those people have no clue. To save on maintenance, it is obvious that the landing gear would be changed at the same time that the wings are rotated, every 120 cycles. |