Preliminary Investigation of Modifications to Conventional Airplanes to Give Nonstalling and Short-Landing Characteristics (1933)
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ication of the landing gear to make it capable type landing more severe. of withstanding much greater vertical velocities than In the glide with the stick held back to the limited usual might naturally be expected to entail an appre- position, the fuselage is inclined at an angle of 6° at ciable… … Figure 6.—Modified landing gear with stmts fully compressed and tires when necessary to prevent a longitudinal oscillation deflated 80 shock-absorption properties, however, the loads on the ■c various parts will remain the same, and any weight increases will be due directly to the shock-absorbing 6…
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