HackerTube.dev

How the 737 MAX 10 landing gear works

GeekWire · 1.4M views · 2018-08-30 · 1:33

Open on YouTube ↗

If playback is restricted in your region, try opening the original video. Use Mark watched to add it to your marked videos.

Overview

A short Boeing-supplied clip where the 737 MAX program's chief project engineer explains how the lengthened landing gear of the MAX 10 folds up. It shows the gear model in motion.

On Hacker News

Used as a concrete illustration of the commonality constraints that forced Boeing's 737 MAX design choices.

Discussed on HN; no positive recommendation is recorded in this export · HN mentions 2019–2019

Topics

Aviation & aerospace engineeringMechanical & precision engineering
Search by tags
boeing737 maxlanding gearaircraft engineering

What people said

inferiorhuman · 2019-12 · Reference

Also the 737-10 does sit higher: [LINK] Watch the video from your link. The landing gear only extend on rotation. When it's on the ground the 737 MAX 10 sits at the same height as every other 737 MAX. [VIDEO]

Read the original HN comment ↗
Glawen · 2019-07 · Reference

Because you then need longer and heavier landing gear, which you need to fit somewhere in the plane as they retract. This is a ripple effect where you probably need to redesign the complete airframe, from fuselage to the wings. They actually cleverly modified the landing gear to gain a bit of heigth, but it was not enough: [VIDEO]

Read the original HN comment ↗
tropo · 2019-06 · Reference

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: [VIDEO] [LINK] Scroll down for a nice diagram: [LINK]

Read the original HN comment ↗

Sources

Video by GeekWire, played through YouTube.

Data and selection notes

HN summaries and labels may contain AI errors. HN dates refer to discussions, not video publication.

HN Library: HackerTube export (2026-10-31) and open-index/hacker-news. Upstream summaries and classifications may contain AI errors.

Views, duration and playback status refresh separately from the published catalog. When an update fails, existing data remains visible.

Selection checks
  • SaaS & AI candidates: Topic keywords do not match
  • Editor-approved picks: Editorial review is required

Rule matches identify candidates. They do not guarantee video quality or financial results.

About the library and its sources