Elementary principles of aeroplane design and construction; a textbook for students, draughtsmen, and engineers (1919)
Judge, Arthur William, 1887- · London, New York, J. Selwyn and co., ltd. · leaf 96
40, consisting of a pair of single or double wheels, and a V-type of strutting. This latter arrangement is employed upon the heavier types of machine, and gives a firm undercarriage. FIG. 39. — UNDERCARRIAGE ARRANGEMENT FOR A LIGHT SCOUT OR MONOPLANE. The type of undercarriage employed upon light… … FIG. 40. — THE V-TYPE UNDERCARRIAGE, WITH CENTRAL PIVOTED AXLE. ground and diagonally braced, as shown, with large gauge piano wire or cable to the eight extremities of the struts. The wheels are usually carried upon plain axles, running on light gunmetal bushes in the wheel hubs. The main axle may…
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