Design Process: Landing Gear, Part 2
As we started to discuss last month, the landing gear is a major component of the airplane that affects the design in significant ways....
Design Process: Landing Gear
It’s time to turn our attention to a major component of the airplane—the landing gear.
Design Process: CG Loading
Empty weight and empty CG of the airplane are fixed and do not vary from flight to flight. The same cannot be said of its contents.
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Calculating Weight and Balance
Tackling weight-and-balance calculations is a task we have all faced with some trepidation, but...
Positive Capture
Aircraft fasteners that are critical almost always have a positive capture design or mechanism.