Ken wrote:
I see your point, but more specifically I was looking at the triangular chewed up areas on the main gear doors. They almost mirror each other, except the cut areas are not identical and the edges are ragged.
I did some online searching for F-18 landing gear photos and see that there is a brace or piston on the gear near the area in question. I'll take a guess and say that these doors on a Blue jet are subjected to much more irregular airflow and G (when open) than a grey jet - I bet they bang against the adjacent piece of gear structure.
Someone with F-18 experience could probably speak to this one in a flash.
Yup!
Also, the Blues fly older A models and they beat the snot out of them (most "A's" already had the snot wrung out before they got to the Blues!). Heavy G's will cause the gear to bang against the doors (IIRC, been a while since I wrenched on one). Doors are also unique to each aircraft....they'll all fit (new doors fresh fromm the manufacturer) but often lots of tweaking is required to make 'em fit right and often, swapping one door to another A/C (cannabalizing) won't work as that door was "fitted" already. A least that was my experiance. You tend to keep patching things up until you can't anymore. A model doors might be kinda hard to find now as everything is C/D or E/F/G now.....and no, they're not all the same!
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