Survey of pioneering contribution to aircraft undercarriage development made by Vickers and B.A.C. at Weybridge; history of early developments, in particular, T.S.Duncan's original British oleopneumatic landing gear, and Vickers original shock absorber; production methods, advanced techniques of drop testing developed at Weybridge to determine main landing gear shock absorption efficiency characteristics and optimum orifice regulation, and results obtained.


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    Title :

    Fifty years of landing gear development


    Additional title:

    Aircraft Eng


    Contributors:

    Published in:

    Publication date :

    1968


    Size :

    6 pages


    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English




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