Main Landing Gear Geometry
Main Landing Gear Geometry
(OP)
Hi All,
I am looking for more information on main landing gear design, in particular, the practice of angling the mlg struts forward. I think it is common in many configurations but I am interested mostly in tricycle landing gear of small fighter jet size aircraft similar to F-5E.
Thanks,
Matt
I am looking for more information on main landing gear design, in particular, the practice of angling the mlg struts forward. I think it is common in many configurations but I am interested mostly in tricycle landing gear of small fighter jet size aircraft similar to F-5E.
Thanks,
Matt





RE: Main Landing Gear Geometry
the point to angling fwd is to react the drag load along the LG strut ... look at a spitfire, Me109 LG
Quando Omni Flunkus Moritati
RE: Main Landing Gear Geometry
RE: Main Landing Gear Geometry
Quando Omni Flunkus Moritati
RE: Main Landing Gear Geometry
In Torenbeek,section 10.5.3 and throughout the book he notes references like 10-1 and 10-13. In the reference section at the end, the various references are denoted with a "K" ie. K-1 to K-38. Does anyone know if the K and 10 are interchangeble so that Ref. 10-1 is actually K-1?
RB, Thanks for the suggestion and comments.
RE: Main Landing Gear Geometry
Quando Omni Flunkus Moritati
RE: Main Landing Gear Geometry
Aircraft Landing Gear Design Principles and Practices
Author:
Currey, Norman S.
ISBN-13:
9780930403416
ISBN:
093040341X
Publisher: American Institute of Aeronautics & Astronautics
Landing Gear Design for Light Aircraft [Paperback]
Ladislao Pazmany
Landing Gear Design 1958
Hugh Graham Conway
http://books.google.com/books/about/Landing_gear_d...
Chapman & Hall, 1958 - Airplanes - 342 pages
DAR Corp Roskam series Airplane Design books: Part IV: Layout Design of Landing Gear and Systems
https://shop.darcorp.com/index.php?route=product/p...
Regards, Wil Taylor
Trust - But Verify!
We believe to be true what we prefer to be true.
For those who believe, no proof is required; for those who cannot believe, no proof is possible.
RE: Main Landing Gear Geometry
Quando Omni Flunkus Moritati
RE: Main Landing Gear Geometry
The Bf-109 was known for many things, but good landing gear was not one of them. There must be a better example.
--
JHG
RE: Main Landing Gear Geometry
Quando Omni Flunkus Moritati