Bulges on A330F

[cancidas]

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looking at the picture above, anyone else see a bulge in the fuselage in the area of the NLG? looks strange to me, wonder why it's there.

[moose135]

The standard A330 has a nose-down stance on the ground. In order to give the freighter a level floor to ease cargo loading, the same nose gear was used, but attached in a lower position. It doesn't fit in the standard gear well, so the bulged fairing was added.

http://www.flightglobal.com/articles/20 ... -ease.html (http://www.flightglobal.com/articles/2007/01/22/211629/picture-airbus-a330f-gets-blister-for-new-nose-gear-as-revised-layout-levels-cabin-floor-to-ease.html)