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A purpose-built tool that LOOKS like a stool. Ie. the title is misleading.

• ISL 12y ago
  The purpose-built tool for main (rear) gear failure must be an interesting-looking piece of work.
• fletchowns 12y ago
  I don't understand the distinction you are trying to make. Even if it's purpose built, it still fits the definition of a stool.
  • tantalor 12y ago
    A stool is something I sit on, not something an aircraft lands on.
    • catshirt 12y ago
      Schrodinger's stool? the stool is not until it's sat on?
  • mtdewcmu 12y ago
    All the stools I've ever sat on would be about as tall as one of the wheels and would have been crushed to splinters...
• MrZongle2 12y ago
  "Stool" is probably a more descriptive term than what it is really called, which is probably along the lines of "EMERGENCY LANDING GIRDLE, HARRIER, REINFORCED, MIL-STD 9503" and conveniently priced in the upper five figures.
  • mtdewcmu 12y ago
    If that were the case, it wouldn't be a stool, it would be an ELGHR. It looks pretty uncomfortable, too, especially for upwards of $10k.
    • ChuckMcM 12y ago
      Clearly its a Support Tool On Oversized Legs :-)
      • mtdewcmu 12y ago
        Nah, the military doesn't have a sense of humor.
• ufmace 12y ago
  That was my first thought when I read the title. What, a stool, like one I would sit on? A barstool or something? What stool wouldn't be completely destroyed by any aircraft landing on it?