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Old Dec 13, 2008 | 11:21 am
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Originally Posted by tusphotog
Sounds like the wheel is out of balance, or the "scrubbers" (the non-technical term for the little pads that stop the wheels from spinning upon liftoff) are going bad.

Neither are big problems and are certainly not unique to one aircraft in particular. I've heard it on an AS 739 and MD-80, a WN 733 and 73G and so on.
It happens on every Airbus I've ever been on. Perhaps Airbus doesn't install scrubbers on it's gear?
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