Hello Could you perhaps let the tractor drive backwards? It would be a real asset, I don't think it would be very much effort. It's just a suggestion.
Push Back
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It would also be good if we can turn the plane at steeper angles (truck can become perpendicular to the plane)
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Do they not use a rear tow for moving aircraft about?
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Do they not use a rear tow for moving aircraft about?
Yes, but almost all of these tractors have video cameras and I think sometimes there is a second worker with them.
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After the push back, the pull back can also be programmed. And the luggage check-in with customs...
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It would also be good if we can turn the plane at steeper angles (truck can become perpendicular to the plane)
There is a red line on the main landing gear door which shows the max turning angle for the bar. If you turn past this line you’ll break the sheer pins and damage the bar. This would be good to add to make pushback easier. Also to be able to pull the aircraft forward would be good too.
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Washing that plane’s UUUU skin should be charged (pi x radius)/2 radius extra. Washing a plane is a pain.
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Washing that plane’s UUUU skin should be charged (pi x radius)/2 radius extra. Washing a plane is a pain.
Are you referring to this skin?
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Oh, didn’t see it was full ….forward/reverse … corrugation. Still a fair approximation of the surface lengthening, about x 3.14/2. 60% more work.
