A basic theoretical and experimental investigation is made of the shimmy behavior of a swiveling landing gear, the experimental tests being conducted with a small wheel mounted over a continuous belt. Effects of wheel loading, rolling velocity, rearward position of the wheel with respect to the swivel axis, tire elasticity, and torsional flexibility of the fuselage are investigated both experimentally and theoretically. A major theoretical conclusion is that the motion of a landing gear moving in a straight line without fuselage elasticity is stable for a sufficiently large rearward position of the wheel behind the swivel axis, and this conclusion is well verified quantitatively by the experimental data.
Contribution to the theory of tail-wheel shimmy
1954-12-01
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Contribution to theory of tail-wheel shimmy
Engineering Index Backfile | 1954
|Contribution to the theory of tail-wheel shimmy
TIBKAT | 1954
|Experiments on tail-wheel shimmy
TIBKAT | 1954
|Experiments on tail-wheel shimmy
Engineering Index Backfile | 1954
|Experiments on a Tail-wheel Shimmy
NTRS | 1954
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