Undercarriage Strength Testing from the Weight Aspect: The Influence of Test Results on Design as a Factor in the Reduction of Weight

Abstract

UNDERCARRIAGE design practice has been through several changes in the last few years; these have resulted in very much increased mechanical complication, fortunately accompanied by a decrease in weight, and it is interesting to consider the structural changes implied in these lower weights. (The trend is shown in FIG. 1 for airliner types; for some bomber aircraft it appears even more marked.)

Citation

Fisher, W.T. (1953), "Undercarriage Strength Testing from the Weight Aspect: The Influence of Test Results on Design as a Factor in the Reduction of Weight", Aircraft Engineering and Aerospace Technology, Vol. 25 No. 2, pp. 32-34. https://doi.org/10.1108/eb032257