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The Drag of Airplane Wheels, Wheel Fairings, and Landing Gears II : Nonretractable and Partly Retractable Landing Gears (1936)

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wheel and fairinq ft B, '/* open, fairinq edges fumed in B, D, gap be tween wheel and fairinq closed flush with tire A,B)0/eo on. C,0,E,oleo off 0.2 12 E, wheel '/2 retracted into wing 0. 4 b to .2 .3 .4 0 eo 40 60 80 100 Lift coefficient} CL Location of wheel in percentage of chord FlGU re… … Lift coefficient, CL Angle of yaw of wheel, degrees -Drag of landing gear D retracted into streamline fairing in presence of Figure 16—Drag of low-pressure and streamline wheels in yaw in i wing.

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