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If you’re wondering why the 737 Max couldn’t just have its landing gear extended to accommodate the larger engines in the original position, TL;DR the consensus seems to be that it would be too expensive and time consuming to re-engineer the wing structure and/or landing gear struts so they went with MCAS instead.
Also note that if you extend the landing gears, then that also increases material requirements and would be not only heavier but also more difficult to manufacture.
If you’re wondering why the 737 Max couldn’t just have its landing gear extended to accommodate the larger engines in the original position, TL;DR the consensus seems to be that it would be too expensive and time consuming to re-engineer the wing structure and/or landing gear struts so they went with MCAS instead.
https://aviation.stackexchange.com/questions/71500/why-wasnt-the-737-maxs-landing-gear-lengthened-enough-to-mount-the-engines-und
Also note that if you extend the landing gears, then that also increases material requirements and would be not only heavier but also more difficult to manufacture.
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