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The front gear. Keep in mind with all these gear shots, the entire system kneels down to lower the roll-on/roll-off height. The Captain tells me this is accomplished from the cargo bay, he has no input from the flight deck.
Among the questions I did not get to ask: What sort of wear does this dual system entail? Or, in pilot-speak, the maintenance manhours per flight hour. Is there a separate steering system for each component? That is, if one bogie (I guess that is what they are called) falls off, is the other still workable? In case of hydraulic or other failure, can the pilot still steer the beast using brakes and differential thrust? And, my favorite, can the aircraft take off with just one wheel thingie attached?
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