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.
Fifty years of landing gear development
Aircraft Eng
Aircraft Engineering ; 40 , n 1
1968
6 pages
Article (Journal)
English
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