Great Details on Landing Gear Design
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Great Details on Landing Gear Design
I'm not much for posting, more of a lurker as of now. But after blowing most of the morning getting through some of this data, I just had to share it. Clearly, for model aircraft some of these aspects are of less importance than on a full size commercial jet.
http://www.aoe.vt.edu/~mason/Mason_f/M96SC.html
It goes into all of this:
# Chapter 1: Introduction (pdf, 33k)
# Chapter 2: Aircraft Center of Gravity (pdf, 33k) (Revised April 1, 1997)
# Chapter 3: Landing Gear Concept Selection (pdf, 116k)
# Chapter 4: Tires, Wheels, and Brakes (pdf, 1400k) (Revised April 1, 1997)
# Chapter 5: Shock Absorber Design (pdf, 710k) (Revised April 1, 1997)
# Chapter 6: Kinematics (pdf, 149k)
# Chapter 7: Aircraft Flotation Analysis (pdf, 83k) (Revised April 1, 1997)
# Chapter 8: Weight Estimation (pdf, 990k) (Revised April 1, 1997)
# Chapter 9: Analysis Package (pdf, 33k)
# Chapter 10: Parametric Studies (pdf, 66k)
# Chapter 11: Costs (pdf, 17k)
# Chapter 12: Future Considerations (pdf, 17k)
# Chapter 13: Conclusions (pdf, 17k)
# References (pdf, 17k)
# Appendix A: Industry Survey (pdf, 33k)
# Appendix B: Structural Analysis (pdf, 33k)
# Appendix C: Bibliography (pdf, 33k)
# Appendix D: Aircraft Tire Database (updated Sept. 24, 1997, pdf: 18k)
# Appendix E: Analysis Package User's Manual (pdf, 33k)
And better than that, it gives formulas, some more accurate than others. I started the morning thinking of landing gear design as a black art, and I'm finishing up thinking its more like magic, I just had to post this.
Happy flying,
Kyle
http://www.aoe.vt.edu/~mason/Mason_f/M96SC.html
It goes into all of this:
# Chapter 1: Introduction (pdf, 33k)
# Chapter 2: Aircraft Center of Gravity (pdf, 33k) (Revised April 1, 1997)
# Chapter 3: Landing Gear Concept Selection (pdf, 116k)
# Chapter 4: Tires, Wheels, and Brakes (pdf, 1400k) (Revised April 1, 1997)
# Chapter 5: Shock Absorber Design (pdf, 710k) (Revised April 1, 1997)
# Chapter 6: Kinematics (pdf, 149k)
# Chapter 7: Aircraft Flotation Analysis (pdf, 83k) (Revised April 1, 1997)
# Chapter 8: Weight Estimation (pdf, 990k) (Revised April 1, 1997)
# Chapter 9: Analysis Package (pdf, 33k)
# Chapter 10: Parametric Studies (pdf, 66k)
# Chapter 11: Costs (pdf, 17k)
# Chapter 12: Future Considerations (pdf, 17k)
# Chapter 13: Conclusions (pdf, 17k)
# References (pdf, 17k)
# Appendix A: Industry Survey (pdf, 33k)
# Appendix B: Structural Analysis (pdf, 33k)
# Appendix C: Bibliography (pdf, 33k)
# Appendix D: Aircraft Tire Database (updated Sept. 24, 1997, pdf: 18k)
# Appendix E: Analysis Package User's Manual (pdf, 33k)
And better than that, it gives formulas, some more accurate than others. I started the morning thinking of landing gear design as a black art, and I'm finishing up thinking its more like magic, I just had to post this.
Happy flying,
Kyle