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Surely the landing gear, wing spar attachments, and brakes all have to be able to cope with an unexpected turnback and landing with most of the original weight?
by nacnud 11y ago
Surely the landing gear, wing spar attachments, and brakes all have to be able to cope with an unexpected turnback and landing with most of the original weight? (not to mention heavy landings in adverse weather conditions)
- 1stop 11y agoI have not idea: But could this be why Planes will often dump fuel for a turn back.
- hiharryhere 11y agoPlanes usually fly around for a bit dumping fuel if they need to turn back.
- yread 11y agoNo see http://www.caa.co.uk/default.aspx?catid=60&pagetype=90&pageid=822 http://www.caa.co.uk/default.aspx?catid=60&pagetype=90&pagei... or http://www.boeing.com/commercial/aeromagazine/articles/qtr_3_07/article_03_1.html http://www.boeing.com/commercial/aeromagazine/articles/qtr_3... They are only certified to the maximum landing weight which typically is lower than the maximum takeoff weight. When an overweight landing (ie. the weight is higher then maximum landing weight) occurs engineers have to perform a thorough inspection of the plane structure - landing gear, spars, wings, wingbox EDIT: thanks ForHackernews
- ForHackernews 11y ago> the maximum landing weight which typically is larger than the maximum takeoff weight. I assume this was a typo and you mean that the max landing weight is typically less than the max takeoff weight.
- nacnud 11y agoI guess I was thinking more about smaller GA aircraft, but thanks for the detailed reply.