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Re:FAA Finds New Risk on 737 Max, Orders Boeing to Make Changes by tropo on Thursday June 27, 2019 @12:33AM (#20291782)
Not "perhaps". It actually was designed for the 737 MAX, which comes in 4 lengths. Only the long one gets the fancy gear.

Short video with gear model in action: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F4IGl4OizM4

https://www.geekwire.com/2018/boeing-737-max-10-landing-gear...

Scroll down for a nice diagram: http://www.b737.org.uk/737max10.htm

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Re:FAA Finds New Risk on 737 Max, Orders Boeing to Make Changes by VBprogrammer on Thursday June 27, 2019 @04:37AM (#20292682)
To be fair a similar system on the Dash 8 Q400 has a pretty nasty habit of folding up on landing.
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