Aviation, theorico-pracitcal text-book for students (1919)
Carmina, Benjamin Morreale, 1871- [from old catalog] · New York, The Macmillan company · leaf 54
rb the shock of landing and to give clearance to Fig. 24 the propeller and wings. The wooden parts of the undercarriage are: the struts A (Fig. 25a) and the spreader B; the metallic parts: the cross bracing wires C, the axle D, the wheels E, the shock absorber fittings F (Fig. 256) and the radius… … Fig. 25 than the longerons of the fuselage, so that in case of a hard landing, it will be the struts which will break, as they are easily replaced.
Aeronautics
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