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Some Recent Developments in the Landing Gear Field

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 February 2016

Rene Lucien
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What are the particular factors of the aeroplane of 1947, which have a special effect on landing gear technique?

  1. (i) Increase in the speed of take-off and landing.

  2. 1940: 65 to 90 m.p.h.

  3. 1947: up to 130 m.p.h.

  4. (ii) Increase in wing loading and the use of thin or laminar flow wing sections.

  5. 1940: 301b. sq.ft.

  6. 1947: more than 50 lb. sq. ft.

  7. (iii) Increase in physical dimensions and all-up-weight of the aircraft.

  8. 1940: 80,000 lb.

  9. 1947: 300,000 1b.

  10. (iv) Increase in operational altitude.

  11. 1940: 10,000 to 15,000 ft.

  12. 1947: 15,000 to 30,000 ft.

Type
Research Article
Information
The Aeronautical Journal , Volume 52 , Issue 445 , January 1948 , pp. 27 - 74
Copyright
Copyright © Royal Aeronautical Society 1948

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